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The association between P selectin glycoprotein ligand 1 gene variable number of tandem repeats polymorphism and risk of thrombosis in Behçet's disease.
International journal of rheumatic diseases - 1 Dec 2018
Cosan Fulya, Oku Basar, Gedar Totuk Ozgun M, Abaci Neslihan, Ustek Duran, Diz Kucukkaya Reyhan, Gul Ahmet
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: Behçet's disease (BD) has been recognized as an unclassified type of vasculitis with an accompanying tendency to thrombosis. No disease-specific pathology has been demonstrated so far to explain the prothrombotic state, and this predisposition is considered to be associated with endothelial activation/dysfunction. P-selectin glycoprotein ligand-1 (PSGL-1) variable number of tandem repeat (VNTR)...
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