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Frequency of the TAFI -438 G/A and factor XIIIA Val34Leu polymorphisms in patients with objectively proven pulmonary embolism.
Thrombosis and haemostasis - 1 Sept 2003
Zidane Majida, de Visser Marieke C H, ten Wolde Marije, Vos Hans L, de Monyé Wouter, Bertina Rogier M, Huisman Menno V
Abstract excerpt
Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE) are considered to be two forms of the same disease, however it is not fully understood what determines their clinical presentation. Proteins encoded by the FXIIIA and TAFI genes are involved in stabilizing the fibrin clot and in making it mor...
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