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Circulating protein Z concentration, PROZ variants, and unexplained cerebral infarction in young and middle-aged adults.
Thrombosis and haemostasis - 5 Jan 2017
Zhang Lili, Segal Alan Z, Leifer Dana, Silverstein Roy L, Gerber Linda M, Devereux Richard B, Kizer Jorge R
Abstract excerpt
Protein Z (PZ) is a vitamin K-dependent plasma protein that exhibits both pro- and anticoagulant properties. Both low and high PZ levels have been linked to ischaemic stroke. Although PZ-lowering gene variants have been found to be less common in ischaemic stroke, the relationship remains unclear. We investigated PZ levels and PROZ variants in a multi-ethnic case-control study of unexplained stroke in...
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