Cirrhosis patients have a coagulopathy that is associated with decreased clot formation capacity.

Kleinegris, M-C; Bos, M H A; Roest, M; Henskens, Y; Ten Cate-Hoek, A; Van Deursen, C; Spronk, H M H; Reitsma, P H; De Groot, P G; Ten Cate, H; Koek, G

Kleinegris, M-C; Bos, M H A; Roest, M; Henskens, Y; Ten Cate-Hoek, A; Van Deursen, C; Spronk, H M H; Reitsma, P H; De Groot, P G; Ten Cate, H; Koek, G.

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Kleinegris MC; Laboratory for Clinical Thrombosis and Hemostasis, Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, the Netherlands.

J Thromb Haemost ; 12(10): 1647-57, 2014 Oct.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25142532

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Blood Coagulation Disorders/complications; Blood Coagulation; Fibrosis/complications; Adult; Aged; Automation; Blood Platelets/metabolism; Calibration; Case-Control Studies; Cross-Sectional Studies; Factor IXa/chemistry; Factor VIIa/chemistry; Factor X/chemistry; Female; Fibrinolysis; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Thrombelastography; Thrombin/chemistry; Tissue Plasminogen Activator/metabolism; Young Adult

Key words

cirrhosis; hemostasis; hypercoagulability; thrombin; thromboelastometry

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Blood Coagulation / Blood Coagulation Disorders / Fibrosis Type of study: Observational_studies / Prevalence_studies Limits: Adult / Aged / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Language: En Journal: J Thromb Haemost Year: 2014 Document type: Article

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