Elevated levels of factor VII activity in the postprandial state: effect of the factor VII Arg-Gln polymorphism.

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Elevated levels of factor VII activity in the postprandial state: effect of the factor VII Arg-Gln polymorphism.

Thrombosis and haemostasis - 1 Nov 1994

Silveira A, Green F, Karpe F, Blombäck M, Humphries S, Hamsten A

Abstract excerpt

A genetic polymorphism (Arg/Gln353) of coagulation factor VII was recently identified and shown to be associated with differences in basal factor VII coagulant activity. Postprandial lipaemia seems to exert an acute but evanescent effect on the activity of factor VII, and the influence of the Arg...

Topics

Arginine
Dietary Fats
Factor VII
Genotype
Glutamine
Humans
Lipoproteins
Male
Middle Aged
Polymorphism, Genetic
Triglycerides

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