DOI: 10.1055/s-00035024

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Issue 09 · Volume 90 · 2003 DOI: 10.1055/s-008-36053

Editorial Focus

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Kearon, Clive: Epidemiology of postoperative venous thromboembolism: lessons from an administrative data base
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Mandinov, Lazar; Mandinova, Anna; Soldi, Raffaella; Graziani, Irene; Bagala, Cinzia; Prudovsky, Igor; Maciag, Thomas: Interleukin 1: the choreographer for the restenotic ballet

Rapid Communication

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Bonderman, Diana; Turecek, Peter L.; Jakowitsch, Johannes; Weltermann, Ansgar; Adlbrecht, Christopher; Schneider, Barbara; Kneussl, Meinhard; Rubin, Lewis J.; Kyrle, Paul A.; Klepetko, Walter; Maurer, Gerald; Lang, Irene M.: High prevalence of elevated clotting factor VIII in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension

Review Article

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X.Anand, Sunil; Viles-Gonzalez, Juan F.; Badimon, Juan J.; Cavusoglu, Erdal; Marmur, Jonathan D.: Membrane-associated CD40L and sCD40L in atherothrombotic disease

Blood Coagulation, Fibrinolysis and Cellular Haemostasis

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Raut, Sanjeev; Villard, Sylvie; Grailly, Sabrina; Gilles, Jean-Guy G.; Granier, Claude; Saint-Remy, Jean-Marie R.; Barrowcliffe, Trevor W.: Anti-heavy-chain monoclonal antibodies directed to the acidic regions of the factor VIII molecule inhibit the binding of factor VIII to phospholipids and von Willebrand factor
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Srour, Mahmoud A.; Fechner, Henry; Wang, Xiaomin; Siemetzki, Ulrike; Albert, Thilo; Oldenburg, Johannes; Hanfland, Peter; Poller, Wolfgang; Brackmann, Hans-Hermann; Schwaab, Rainer: Regulation of human factor IX expression using doxycycline-inducible gene expression system
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Kawasaki, Tomihisa; Taniguchi, Masatoshi; Moritani, Yumiko; Hayashi, Kazumi; Saito, Tetsu; Takasaki, Jun; Nagai, Koji; Inagaki, Osamu; Shikama, Hisataka: Antithrombotic and thrombolytic efficacy of YM-254890, a Gq/11 inhibitor, in a rat model of arterial thrombosis
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Wu, Chengliang; Dong, Ningzheng; da Cunha, Valdeci; Martin-McNulty, Baby; Tran, Katherine; Nagashima, Mariko; Wu, Qingyu; Morser, John; Wang, Yi-Xin: Activated thrombin-activatable fibrinolysis inhibitor attenuates spontaneous fibrinolysis of batroxobin-induced fibrin deposition in rat lungs
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Krebs, Michael; Geiger, Margarethe; Polak, Kaija; Vales, Anja; Schmetterer, Leopold; Wagner, Oswald F.; Waldhäusl, Werner; Binder, Bernd R.; Roden, Michael: Increased plasma levels of plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 and soluble vascular cell adhesion molecule after triacylglycerol infusion in man
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Völzke, Henry; Grimm, Rita; Robinson, Daniel M.; Robinson, Constanze; Kohlmann, Thomas; Schuster, Gudrun; Alte, Dietrich; Herrmann, Falko H.; John, Ulrich: Factor V Leiden and the risk of stillbirth in a German population
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Kucher, Nils; Schroeder, Verena; Kohler, Hans P.: Role of blood coagulation factor XIII in patients with acute pulmonary embolism. Correlation of factor XIII antigen levels with pulmonary occlusion rate, fibrinogen, D-dimer, and clot firmness
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Zidane, Majida; de Visser, Marieke C. H.; ten Wolde, Marije; L.Vos, Hans; de Monyé, Wouter; Bertina, Rogier M.; Huisman, Menno V.; the Antelope study group; on behalf of: Frequency of the TAFI –438 G/A and factor XIIIA Val34Leu polymorphisms in patients with objectively proven pulmonary embolism
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White, Richard H.; Zhou, Hong; Romano, Patrick S.: Incidence of symptomatic venous thromboembolism after different elective or urgent surgical procedures

Platelets and Blood Cells

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González-Manchón, Consuelo; Butta, Nora; Iruín, Gema; Alonso, Sonia; Ayuso, Matilde S.; Parrilla, Roberto: Disruption of the Cys5-Cys7 disulfide bridge in the platelet glycoprotein Ibβ prevents the normal maturation and surface exposure of GPIb-IX complexes
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Wang, Wen-Jeng; Ling, Qing-Dong; Liau, Ming-Yi; Huang, Tur-Fu: A tetrameric glycoprotein Ib-binding protein, agglucetin, from Formosan pit viper: structure and interaction with human platelets
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Puccetti, Luca; Laura Pasqui, Anna; Pastorelli, Marcello; Bova, Giovanni; Di Renzo, Michela; Leo, Alessandro; Cercignani, Michela; Palazzuoli, Alberto; Auteri, Alberto; Bruni, Fulvio: Platelet hyperactivity after statin treatment discontinuation
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Posan, Emoke; McBane, Robert D.; Grill, Diane E.; Motsko, Cheri L.; Nichols, William L.: Comparison of PFA-100 testing and bleeding time for detecting platelet hypofunction and von Willebrand disease in clinical practice

Wound Healing and Inflammation/Infection

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Marculescu, Rodrig; Mlekusch, Wolfgang; Exner, Markus; Sabeti, Schila; Michor, Stefanie; Rumpold, Helmut; Mannhalter, Christine; Minar, Erich; Wagner, Oswald; Schillinger, Martin: Interleukin-1 cluster combined genotype and restenosis after balloon angioplasty

Vascular Development and Vessel Remodeling

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Piossek, Christine; Thierauch, Karl-Heinz; Schneider-Mergener, Jens; Volkmer-Engert, Rudolf; Bachmann, Martin F.; Korff, Thomas; Augustin, Hellmut G.; Germeroth, Lothar: Potent inhibition of angiogenesis by D,L-peptides derived from vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2

Vascular Development and Vessel Remodelling

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Brisset, Anne-Cécile; Terrisse, Anne-Dominique; Dupouy, Dominique; Tellier, Lise; Pech, Stéphane; Navarro, Chantal; Sié, Pierre: Shedding of active tissue factor by aortic smooth muscle cells (SMCs) undergoing apoptosis
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Klein, Werner; Kraxner, Wilfried; Hödl, Ronald; Gabriel Steg, Philippe; Budaj, Andrzej; Gulba, Dietrich; Sadiq, Immad; Van de Werf, Frans; White, Kami; Fox, Keith A.A.; for the GRACE Investigators: Patterns of use of heparins in ACS

Cellular Proteolysis and Oncology

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Kolev, Krasimir; Skopál, Judit; Simon, László; Csonka, Éva; Machovich, Raymund; Nagy, Zoltán: Matrix metalloproteinase-9 expression in post-hypoxic human brain capillary endothelial cells: H2O2 as a trigger and NF-κB as a signal transducer
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Look, Maxime; van Putten, Wim; Duffy, Michael; Harbeck, Nadia; Jarle Christensen, Ib; Thomssen, Christoph; Kates, Ronald; Spyratos, Frédérique; Fernö, Mårten; Eppenberger-Castori, Serenella; Fred Sweep, C. G. J.; Ulm, Kurt; Peyrat, Jean-Philippe; Martin, Pierre-Marie; Magdelenat, Henri; Brünner, Nils; Duggan, Catherine; Lisboa, Björn W.; Bendahl, Pär-Ola; Quillien, Véronique; Daver, Alain; Ricolleau, Gabriel; Meijer-van Gelder, Marion; Manders, Peggy; Fiets, Edward W.; Blankenstein, Marinus; Broët, Philippe; Romain, Sylvie; Daxenbichler, Günther; Windbichler, Gudrun; Cufer, Tanja; Borstnar, Simona; Kueng, Willy; Beex, Louk; Klijn, Jan; O’Higgins, Nial; Eppenberger, Urs; Jänicke, Fritz; Schmitt, Manfred; Foekens, John: Pooled analysis of prognostic impact of uPA and PAI-1 in breast cancer patients
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Amirkhosravi, Ali; Mousa, Shaker A.; Amaya, Mildred; Blaydes, Susan; Desai, Hina; Meyer, Todd; Francis, John L.: Inhibition of tumor cell-induced platelet aggregation and lung metastasis by the oral GpIIb/IIIa antagonist XV454

Letters to the Editor

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Meijer, Piet: Method comparison: correlation is not enough to decide about agreement and clinical accuracy