DOI: 10.1055/s-00035024

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Issue 07 · Volume 90 · 2003 DOI: 10.1055/s-008-36109

Editorial

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Duvernoy, Claire: Estrogen and C-reactive protein: does an alternate route lead to a more attractive destination?
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Humphries, Steve E.: The stromelysin-1 (MMP-3) gene and risk of coronary artery disease: a candidate gene that has won the election?

Review Article

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Yousef, George M.; Diamandis, Eleftherios P.: Tissue kallikreins: new players in normal and abnormal cell growth?
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Langlois, Nicole J.; Wells, Philip S.: Risk of venous thromboembolism in relatives of symptomatic probands with thrombophilia: a systematic review
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van Korlaar, Inez; Vossen, Carla; Rosendaal, Frits; Cameron, Linda; Bovill, Edwin; Kaptein, Adrian: Quality of life in venous disease

Blood Coagulation, Fibrinolysis and Cellular Haemostasis

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Nordt, Thomas K.; Eschenfelder, Esther; Peter, Karlheinz; Sobel, Burton E.; Bode, Christoph: Independence of growth factor induced plasminogen activator inhibitor type-1 (PAI-1) expression from the 4G/5G polymorphism of the PAI-1 gene
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Xia, Hui; Redman, Colvin M.: Oxysterols suppress constitutive fibrinogen expression
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Naessens, Dominik; Gils, Ann; Compernolle, Griet; Declerck, Paul J.: Elucidation of the epitope of a latency-inducing antibody: identification of a new molecular target for PAI-1 inhibition
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Wada, Hideo; Nishioka, Junji; Kasai, Yasunari; Kato-Nakazawa, Keiko; Abe, Yasunori; Morishita, Yoshitaka; Nakatani, Kaname; Nobori, Tsutomu: Molecular characterization of coagulation factor XII deficiency in a Japanese family
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Leach, J. Kent; O’Rear, Edgar A.; Patterson, Eugene; Miao, Yiwei; Johnson, Arthur E.: Accelerated thrombolysis in a rabbit model of carotid artery thrombosis with liposome-encapsulated and microencapsulated streptokinase
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Lubetsky, Aharon; Shasha, Yigal; Olchovsky, David; Loebstein, Ronen; Halkin, Hillel; Ezra, David: Impact of pre-treatment INR level on the effect of intravenous low dose vitamin K in patients with excessive anticoagulation
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Gerhardt, Andrea; Scharf, Rüdiger E.; Zotz, Rainer B.: Effect of hemostatic risk factors on the individual probability of thrombosis during pregnancy and the puerperium
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Sartori, Maria Teresa; Saggiorato, Graziella; Pellati, Donatella; Casonato, Alessandra; Spiezia, Luca; Pontara, Elena; Gavasso, Sabrina; Girolami, Antonio: Contraceptive pills induce an improvement in congenital hypoplasminogenemia in two unrelated patients with ligneous conjunctivitis
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Brouwers, Geert-Jan; Leebeek, Frank W. G.; Tanck, Michael W. T.; Jukema, J. Wouter; Kluft, Cornelis; de Maat, Moniek P. M.: Association between thrombin-activatable fibrinolysis inhibitor (TAFI) and clinical outcome in patients with unstable angina pectoris
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Locadia, Mirjam; Sprangers, Mirjam A.G.; de Haes, Hanneke C.J.M.; Büller, Harry R.; Prins, Martin H.: Quality of life and the duration of treatment with vitamin K antagonists in patients with deep venous thrombosis
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Neville, Carolyn; Rauch, Joyce; Kassis, Jeannine; Chang, Erika R.; Joseph, Lawrence; Le Comte, Martine; Fortin, Paul R.: Thromboembolic risk in patients with high titre anticardiolipin and multiple antiphospholipid antibodies

Platelets and Blood Cells

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Hézard, Nathalie; Potron, Gérard; Schlegel, Nicole; Amory, Catherine; Leroux, Bernard; Nguyen, Philippe: Unexpected persistence of platelet hyporeactivity beyond the neonatal period: a flow cytometric study in neonates, infants and older children

Wound Healing and Inflammation/Infection

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Lacut, Karine; Oger, Emmanuel; Le Gal, Grégoire; Blouch, Marie-Thérèse; Abgrall, Jean-François; Kerlan, Véronique; Scarabin, Pierre-Yves; Mottier, Dominique; and the SARAH investigators: Differential effects of oral and transdermal postmenopausal estrogen replacement therapies on C-reactive protein

Vascular Development and Vessel Remodelling

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Liu, Ping-Yen; Chen, Jyh-Hong; Li, Yi-Heng; Wu, Hua-Lin; Shi, Guey-Yueh: Synergistic effect of stromelysin-1 (matrix metalloproteinase-3) promoter 5A/6A polymorphism with smoking on the onset of young acute myocardial infarction

Cellular Proteolysis and Oncology

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Wojtukiewicz, Marek Z.; Sierko, Ewa; Zimnoch, Lech; Kozlowski, Leszek; Kisiel, Walter: Immunohistochemical localization of tissue factor pathway inhibitor-2 in human tumor tissue

New Technologies and Diagnostic Tools

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Dempfle, Carl-Erik; Kaden, Jens J.; Haase, Karl K.; Borggrefe, Martin: Course of indicators of thrombin activity in the early phase of acute myocardial infarction: effect of fibrinolytic therapy and acute percutaneous coronary angioplasty

Case Report

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Dicuio, Mauro; Pomara, Giorgio; Cuttano, Maria Giuseppa; Vesely, Stepan; Travaglini, Fabrizio; Cuzzocrea, Diego Ettore; Selli, Cesare: Penile mondor’s disease after intensive masturbation in a 31-and a 33-year-old man

Letters to the Editor

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Demiroglu, Halûk: Elevated erythrocyte aggregation as a predisposing factor to aspirin resistance
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Ermis, Bahri; Caner, Ibrahim; Karacan, Mehmet; Olgun, Hasim: Haemolytic anaemia secondary to trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole use
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Barcellona, Doris; Fenu, Lara; Marongiu, Francesco: Oral anticoagulant therapy: should doctors change the way they give patients explanations ?
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Zarza, José; Hermida, José; Montes, Ramón; Páramo, José Antonio; Rocha, Eduardo: Major bleeding during combined treatment with indomethacin and low doses of acenocoumarol in a homozygous patient for 2C9*3 variant of cytochrome P-450 CYP2C9