Homocysteine modifies fibrin clot deformability: Another possible explanation of harm

Biorheology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 379-387

  Rojas, Ana María ^a   Kordich, Lucía ^a   Lauricella, Ana María ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Dynamic rheometry; Homocysteine; Loss modulus; Storage modulus; Viscoelastic properties

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; FIBRIN CLOT; FLOW MEASUREMENT; THROMBOSIS; VISCOELASTICITY;

BLOOD COAGULATION; ELASTICITY; FIBRIN; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 72949106293     PISSN: 0006355X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/BIR-2009-0459     Document Type: Article

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