Elevated FVIII and FIX level in a Behçet's disease patient with intracardiac thrombosis and pulmonary arterial aneurysms

Thrombosis Research

Volumn 115, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 159-161

  Atalay, Figen ^a   Ernam, Dilek ^a   Ökten, Fethiye ^a   Akar, Nejat ^b  

^a Ataturk Chest Dis Chest Surg Ctr   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Beh et's disease; Cardiac thrombus; Coagulation; Pulmonary arterial aneurysms

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 9;

ADULT; BEHCET DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FAMILY HISTORY; HUMAN; INTRACARDIAC THROMBOSIS; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY ANEURYSM; RISK ASSESSMENT; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ANEURYSM; BEHCET SYNDROME; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; FACTOR IX; FACTOR VIII; HUMANS; MALE; PULMONARY ARTERY;

EID: 9644307944     PISSN: 00493848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.thromres.2004.08.010     Document Type: Letter

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