Aspirin 'resistance': Role of pre-existent platelet reactivity and correlation between tests

Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2035-2044

  Frelinger, A L ^a   Li, Y ^a   Linden, M D ^a   Tarnow, I ^a   Barnard, M R ^a   Fox, M L ^a   Michelson, Allan D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspirin; Drugs; Platelets; Tests; Thromboxane

Indexed keywords

11 OXOTHROMBOXANE B2; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ARACHIDONIC ACID; THROMBOXANE B2;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING PARAMETERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTE FUNCTION;

ADULT; ASPIRIN; CYCLOOXYGENASE INHIBITORS; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PLATELET ACTIVATION; PLATELET FUNCTION TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROMBOXANE A2; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 56749182302     PISSN: 15387933     EISSN: 15387836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2008.03184.x     Document Type: Article

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