von Willebrand factor-to-ADAMTS13 ratio increases with age in a Japanese population

Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1426-1428

  Kokame, K ^a   Sakata, T ^b   Kokubo, Y ^c   Miyata, T ^a  

^a Department of Molecular Pathogenesis ^*  (Japan)

^b Laboratory of Clinical Chemistry   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR CLEAVING PROTEINASE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; AGING; BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; JAPANESE; LETTER; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URBAN AREA;

ADAM PROTEINS; ADULT; AGED; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THROMBOPHILIA; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

EID: 79959825845     PISSN: 15387933     EISSN: 15387836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2011.04333.x     Document Type: Letter

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