Reteplase but not Alteplase Affects Early Soluble PECAM-1 and P-selectin Release in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction

Gurbel A. Paul; Margaret R. Dalesandro; Victor L. Serebruany

doi:10.1055/s-0037-1615462

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Table of Contents

Thromb Haemost 1998; 80(04): 725
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1615462

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Reteplase but not Alteplase Affects Early Soluble PECAM-1 and P-selectin Release in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction

Gurbel A. Paul

¹From the Center for Thrombosis Research, Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, Schapiro Research Building, Baltimore, MD, USA

,

Margaret R. Dalesandro

¹From the Center for Thrombosis Research, Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, Schapiro Research Building, Baltimore, MD, USA

,

Victor L. Serebruany

¹From the Center for Thrombosis Research, Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, Schapiro Research Building, Baltimore, MD, USA

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