Leptin, obesity and platelet responsiveness: Another piece in the puzzle

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 960-961

  Corsonello, Andrea ^a,c   Corica, Francesco ^b  

^a INRCA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

JANUS KINASE 2; LEPTIN; STAT3 PROTEIN;

BODY MASS; EDITORIAL; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPERLEPTINEMIA; MORBID OBESITY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; THROMBOCYTE; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION;

BLOOD PLATELETS; HUMANS; LEPTIN; OBESITY, MORBID; PLATELET AGGREGATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THROMBOSIS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 57349111713     PISSN: 03406245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1160/TH08-10-0680     Document Type: Editorial

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