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GPIb VNTR C/C genotype may predict embolic events in infective endocarditis.
The Journal of heart valve disease - 1 Jan 2013
Daga Shruti, Shepherd James G, Hung Rachel K Y, Callaghan J Garreth S, Dawson Dana K, Padfield Gareth J, Fitzgerald J Ross, Newby David E
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND AIM OF THE STUDY: Infective endocarditis (IE) is frequently complicated by septic embolism, a need for valve replacement, and death. The development of these complications is associated with the presence, size and mobility of cardiac vegetations, which may form as a result of bacterium-platelet interactions mediated by the platelet glycoprotein GPIb receptor. Variable number tandem repeat (VNTR)...
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