Iron-enhanced coagulation is attenuated by chelation: A thrombelastographic and ultrastructural analysis

Blood Coagulation and Fibrinolysis

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 845-850

  Nielsen, Vance G ^a   Pretorius, Etheresia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Coagulation; Electron microscopy; Iron; Thrombelastography

Indexed keywords

DEFEROXAMINE; FERRIC CHLORIDE; IRON; CHLORIDE; FERRIC ION; FIBRINOGEN; IRON CHELATING AGENT; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; CONTROLLED STUDY; IRON CHELATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THROMBOELASTOGRAPHY; THROMBUS; ULTRASTRUCTURE; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; THROMBOCYTE RICH PLASMA;

BLOOD COAGULATION; CHLORIDES; DEFEROXAMINE; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; FIBRINOGEN; HUMANS; IRON CHELATING AGENTS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PLATELET-RICH PLASMA; THROMBELASTOGRAPHY; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

EID: 84919735043     PISSN: 09575235     EISSN: 14735733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MBC.0000000000000160     Document Type: Article

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