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Von Willebrand factor, fibrinogen and other risk factors of thrombosis in patients with a history of cerebrovascular ischemic stroke and their children.
Nutrition, metabolism, and cardiovascular diseases : NMCD - 1 Jun 2002
Jastrzebska M, Torbus-Lisiecka B, Honczarenko K, Foltynska A, Chełstowski K, Naruszewicz M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND AIM: Von Willebrand factor (vWF) and fibrinogen (Fb) have recently emerged as plausible familial determinants of atherothrombosis. We investigated whether the vWF and Fb levels in patients with ischemic cerebrovascular stroke (ICS) correlate with those in their children. METHODS AND RESULTS: The study group consisted of 28 families (56 parents and 34 children) with one parent who had suffered an...
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