The role of immature platelet fraction in acute coronary syndrome

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 247-249

  Gonzalez Porras, Jose Ramon ^a   Martin Herrero, Francisco ^a   Gonzalez Lopez, Tomas J ^a   Olazabal, Juan ^a   Diez Campelo, María ^a   Pabon, Pedro ^a   Alberca, Ignacio ^a   San Miguel, Jesus F ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; RNA;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FRACTIONATION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; IMMATURE PLATELET FRACTION; LETTER; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTE VOLUME; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PLATELETS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELL SIZE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET COUNT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 74249086163     PISSN: 03406245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1160/TH09-02-0124     Document Type: Letter

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