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The hemostatic balance revisited through the lessons of mankind evolution.
Internal and emergency medicine - 1 Mar 2008
Franchini Massimo, Mannucci Pier Mannuccio
Abstract excerpt
Under physiologic conditions, a hemostatic balance is achieved through the effects of natural procoagulant and anticoagulant factors which, in equilibrium with each other, provide hemostasis at the sites of vascular injury. Abnormalities of these hemostasis factors can result in a tendency toward hemorrhagic or thrombotic events. In this review the influence of inherited prothrombotic risk factors--especially the...
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