Hypofibrinolysis as a risk factor for recurrent venous thrombosis; results of the LETS follow-up study

Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 605-607

  Meltzer, M E ^a,b   Bol, L ^b   Rosendaal, F R ^b   Lisman, T ^a,c   Cannegieter, S C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIVITAMIN K; THROMBIN ACTIVATABLE FIBRINOLYSIS INHIBITOR;

BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYSIS; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT DISEASE; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; THROMBOPHILIA; THROMBOSIS; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

AGED; BLOOD COAGULATION TESTS; CARBOXYPEPTIDASE U; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYSIS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 77949287845     PISSN: 15387933     EISSN: 15387836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2009.03715.x     Document Type: Letter

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