Increased thrombin generation in liver transplant recipients: Does immunosuppressive therapy play a role?

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 347-348

  Senzolo, Marco ^a   Sartori, Maria T ^b   Rodriguez Castro, Kryssia ^a   Simioni, Paolo ^b   Rossetto, Valeria ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; AZATHIOPRINE; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8; CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; STEROID; THROMBIN; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ARACHIDONIC ACID METABOLISM; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CELL DAMAGE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HAPLOTYPE; HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK; HEMOSTASIS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; IN VITRO STUDY; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LETTER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOSIS; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION;

BLOOD COAGULATION; FACTOR VIII; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; THROMBIN; THROMBOSIS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 79952370938     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.22229     Document Type: Letter

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