DOI: 10.1055/s-00035024

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Issue 07 · Volume 100 · 2008 DOI: 10.1055/s-008-36005

Platelets and Blood Cells

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Hayward, Catherine P. M.; Moffat, Karen A.; Pai, Menaka; Liu, Yang; Seecharan, Jodi; McKay, Heather; Webert, Kathryn E.; Cook, Richard J.; Heddle, Nancy M.: An evaluation of methods for determining reference intervals for light transmission platelet aggregation tests on samples with normal or reduced platelet counts
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Nurden, Alan T.; Nurden, Paquita; Bermejo, Emilsé; Combrié, Robert; McVicar, Daniel W.; Washington, A.Valance: Phenotypic heterogeneity in the gray platelet syndrome extends to the expression of TREM family member, TLT-1
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Bae, Ok-Nam; Kim, Young-Dae; Lim, Kyung-Min; Noh, Ji-Yoon; Chung, Seung-Min; Kim, Keunyoung; Hong, Suyoung; Shin, Sue; on, Jong-HyunYo; Chung, Jin-Ho: Salsolinol, an endogenous neurotoxin, enhances platelet aggregation and thrombus formation
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Gao, Zhenyue; Liu, Fang; Yu, Ziqiang; Bai, Xia; Yang, Chun; Zhuang, Fengyuan; Ruan, Changgeng: Effects of von Willebrand factor concentration and platelet collision on shear-induced platelet activation
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Clappers, Nick; van Oijen, Martijn G. H.; Sundaresan, Santosh; Brouwer, Marc A.; te Morsche, Rene H. M.; Keuper, Wessel; Peters, Wilbert H. M.; Drenth, Joost P . H.; Verheugt, Freek W. A.: The C50T polymorphism of the cyclooxygenase-1 gene and the risk of thrombotic events during low-dose therapy with acetyl salicylic acid
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Serebruany, Victor; Pokov, Ilya; Kuliczkowski, Wiktor; Chesebro, James; Badimon, Juan: Baseline platelet activity and response after clopidogrel in 257 diabetics among 822 patients with coronary artery disease
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Guthikonda, Sasidhar; Mangalpally, Kirankumar; Vaduganathan, Muthiah; Patel, Rajnikant; DeLao, Timothy; Bergeron, Angela L.; Dong, Jing-Fei; Lev, Eli I.; Kleiman, Neal S.: Increased platelet sensitivity among individuals with aspirin resistance – Platelet aggregation to submaximal concentration of arachidonic acid predicts response to antiplatelet therapy

Editorial

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Preissner, Klaus T.; Lip, Gregory Y. H.: Thrombosis and Haemostasis: Volume 100 and going strong ….

Editorial Focus

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Yetkin, Ertan: Mean platelet volume not so far from being a routine diagnostic and prognostic measurement
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Goldhaber, Samuel Z.: Newly diagnosed venous thromboembolism: Which patients will bleed after anticoagulation is initiated?
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Shantsila, Eduard; Lip, Gregory Y. H.: Beyond glucose levels in diabetic patients with coronary artery disease: Platelet activity and non-responsiveness to antiplatelet therapy
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Dempfle, Carl-Erik; Borggrefe, Martin: The hidden sepsis marker: aPTT waveform analysis

Clinical Focus

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Lip, Gregory Y. H.: Paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, stroke risk and thromboprophylaxis

Pro / Contra Articles

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Mant, Jonathan W.: Pro: 'Warfarin should be the drug of choice for thromboprophylaxis in elderly patients with atrial fibrillation'
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Hylek, Elaine M.: Contra: 'Warfarin should be the drug of choice for thromboprophylaxis in elderly patients with atrial fibrillation'

Blood Coagulation, Fibrinolysis and Cellular Haemostasis

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Nalian, Armen; Iakhiaev, Alexei V.: Possible mechanisms contributing to oxidative inactivation of activated protein C: Molecular dynamics study
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Ruíz-Giménez, Nuria; Suárez, Carmen; González, Rocío; Nieto, José Antonio; Todolí, José Antonio; Samperiz, Ángel Luis; Monreal, Manuel; and the RIETE Investigators: Predictive variables for major bleeding events in patients presenting with documented acute venous thromboembolism. Findings from the RIETE Registry
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Delumeau, Jean-Christophe; Ikegawa, Chiho; koyama, ChisatoYo; Haupt, Verena: An observational study of sucrose-formulated recombinant factor VIII for Japanese patients with haemophilia A
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Folkeringa, Nienke; Coppens, Michiel; veeger, Nic J. G. M.; Bom, Victor J. J.; Middeldorp, Saskia; Hamulyak, Karly; Prins, Martin H.; Büller, Harry R.; van der Meer, Jan: Absolute risk of venous and arterial thromboembolism in thrombophilic families is not increased by high thrombin-activatable fibrinolysis inhibitor (TAFI) levels

Wo und Healing and Inflammation / Infection

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Bruno, Nelson E.; Yano, Yutaka; Takei, Yoshiyuki; Qin, Liqiang; Suzuki, Toshinari; Morser, John; D’Alessandro-Gabazza, Corina N.; Mizoguchi, Akira; Suzuki, Koji; Taguchi, Osamu; Gabazza, Esteban C.; Sumida, Yasuhiro: Immune complex-mediated glomerulonephritis is ameliorated by thrombin-activatable fibrinolysis inhibitor deficiency
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Endothelium and Vascular Development

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Bae, Jong-Sup; Rezaie, Alireza R.: Protease activated receptor 1 (PAR-1) activation by thrombin is protective in human pulmonary artery endothelial cells if endothelial protein C receptor is occupied by its natural ligand

Cardiovascular Biology and Cell Signalling

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Schwarz, Margarethe; Spath, Lena; Lux, Cornelia A.; Paprotka, Kerstin; Torzewski, Michael; Dersch, Katrin; Koch-Brandt, Claudia; Husmann, Matthias; Bhakdi, Sucharit: Potential protective role of apoprotein J (clusterin) in atherogenesis: Binding to enzymatically modified low-density lipoprotein reduces fatty acid-mediated cytotoxicity
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González-Díez, María; Rodríguez, Cristina; Badimon, Lina; Martínez-González, José: Prostacyclin induction by high-density lipoprotein (HDL) in vascular smooth muscle cells depends on sphingosine 1-phosphate receptors: Effect of simvastatin

Cellular Proteolysis and Oncology

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Jiang, Xiaofeng; Zhu, Shimei; Panetti, Tracee S.; Bromberg, Michael E.: Formation of tissue factor-factor VIIa-factor Xa complex induces activation of the mTOR pathway which regulates migration of human breast cancer cells

New Technologies, Diagnostic Tools and Drugs

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Hussain, Nazia; Hodson, Dan; Marcus, Robert; Baglin, Trevor; Luddington, Roger: The biphasic transmittance waveform: An early marker of sepsis in patients with neutropenia

Case Report

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Ilonczai, Péter; Schlammadinger, Ágota; Oláh, Zsolt; Rázsó, Katalin; Bereczky, Zsuzsanna; Boda, Zoltán: Temporarily successful eradication therapy in acquired haemophilia with high inhibitor titer: A case report with a new protocol
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Hagel, Stefan; Jantsch, Jonathan; Budde, Ulrich; Kalden, Joachim R.; Eckardt, Kai-Uwe; Veelken, Roland: Treatment of acquired thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) with plasma infusion plus rituximab
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Krafft, Alexander; Asmis, Lars M.; Zimmermann, Roland: Treatment of midgestational placental haemorrhage with recombinant factor VIIa
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Zolcinski, Marek; Padjas, Agnieszka; Musial, Jacek: Intoxication with three different superwarfarin compounds in an adult woman

Letters to the Editor

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Cheng, Qiufang; Kantz, Jeanelle; Poffenberger, Greg; Powers, Alvin C.; Gailani, David: Factor XI protein in human pancreas and kidney
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Smith, Stephanie A.; Morrissey, James H.: Heparin is procoagulant in the absence of antithrombin
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Ghosh, Kanjaksha; Ghosh, Kinjalka: Hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT): Negotiating between the Scylla of bleeding and Charybdis of thrombosis
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Rodger, Marc A.; Kahn, Susan R.; Gal, Grégoire Le; Solymoss, Susan; Chagnon, Isabelle; Anderson, David R.; Wells, Philip S.; Kovacs, Michael J.: Inter-observer reliability of measures to assess the post-thrombotic syndrome
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Verso, Melina; Agnelli, Giancarlo: Prophylaxis of upper limb deep vein thrombosis in cancer patients with central vein catheter
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Schindewolf, Marc; Lindhoff-Last, Edelgard: Fondaparinux-related thrombocytopenia in a patient with former HIT. Response to Rota et al. (Thromb Haemost 2008; 99: 779–781)
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Rota, Eugenia; Bazzan, Mario; Fantino, Giovanni: Rebuttal to the letter by Schindewolf and Lindhoff-Last on “Fondaparinux-related thrombocytopenia in a patient with former heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT)”