Red cells playing as activated platelets in thalassemia intermedia

Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2149-2151

  Mannucci, P M ^a  

^a FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ARACHIDONIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; PADGEM PROTEIN; THROMBIN;

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; BETA THALASSEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERCOAGULABILITY; HYPERSPLENISM; IRON OVERLOAD; NOTE; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENOMEGALY; THALASSEMIA; THALASSEMIA INTERMEDIA; THALASSEMIA MAJOR; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATION; THROMBOCYTE ADHESION; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; VEIN THROMBOSIS; WHITE MATTER;

ASPIRIN; BETA-THALASSEMIA; BLOOD PLATELETS; ERYTHROCYTES; HEMATOLOGY; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; HYDROXYUREA; RISK; RISK FACTORS; SPLENECTOMY; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 78649351035     PISSN: 15387933     EISSN: 15387836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2010.04030.x     Document Type: Note

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