Hypercoagulation in chronic post-traumatic stress disorder

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 548-552

  Robicsek, Odile ^a   Makhoul, Badira ^a   Klein, Ehud ^a   Brenner, Benjamin ^a   Sarig, Galit ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Chronic post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD); Factor viii; Hypercoagulation; Thromboembolic events; Von willebrand factor

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED PROTEIN C; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8; D DIMER; FIBRINOGEN; PROTEIN C; PROTHROMBIN; THROMBOPLASTIN; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICIAN ADMINISTERED PTSD SCALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCOAGULABILITY; MALE; MINI INTERNATIONAL NEUROPSYCHIATRIC INTERVIEW; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROTHROMBIN TIME; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ACTIVATED PROTEIN C RESISTANCE; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD COAGULATION FACTORS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FACTOR VIII; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; FIBRINOGEN; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; PROTHROMBIN; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; THROMBOPHILIA; THROMBOPLASTIN; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

EID: 80052999692     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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