Monocyte count and procoagulant functions are associated with risk of venous thromboembolism: The Tromsø study

Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1673-1676

  Basavaraj, Manjunath Goolyam ^a   Braekkan S K ^a,b   Brodin, E ^a,b   Osterud B ^a   Hansen, J B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7A; PROCOAGULANT; THROMBOPLASTIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; BLOOD CLOTTING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTE MICROPARTICLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONOCYTE; NORWAY; PATHOGENESIS; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD COAGULATION; BLOOD COAGULATION TESTS; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MIDDLE AGED; MONOCYTES; NORWAY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; THROMBOPLASTIN; TIME FACTORS; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 80051579585     PISSN: 15387933     EISSN: 15387836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2011.04411.x     Document Type: Letter

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