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Impaired fibrinolysis as a risk factor for Budd-Chiari syndrome.
Blood - 14 Jan 2010
Hoekstra Jildou, Guimarães Ana H C, Leebeek Frank W G, Darwish Murad Sarwa, Malfliet Joyce J M C, Plessier Aurelie, Hernandez-Guerra Manuel, Langlet Philippe, Elias Elwyn, Trebicka Jonel, Primignani Massimo, Garcia-Pagan Juan-Carlos, Valla Dominique C, Rijken Dingeman C, Janssen Harry L A
Abstract excerpt
In Budd-Chiari syndrome (BCS), thrombosis develops in the hepatic veins or inferior vena cava. To study the relationship between hypofibrinolysis and BCS, we measured plasma levels of fibrinolysis proteins in 101 BCS patients and 101 healthy controls and performed a plasma-based clot lysis assay....
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