Suppression of Fibrinolytic Activity and Obesity in Young Patients with Myocardial Infarction

Masahiko Saigo; Satoshi Abe; Masakazu Ogawa; Ikuro Maruyama; Chuwa Tei

doi:10.1055/s-0037-1613321

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Table of Contents

Thromb Haemost 2002; 88(05): 878-879
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1613321

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Suppression of Fibrinolytic Activity and Obesity in Young Patients with Myocardial Infarction

Authors

Masahiko Saigo

¹First Department of Internal Medicine
Satoshi Abe

¹First Department of Internal Medicine
Masakazu Ogawa

¹First Department of Internal Medicine
Ikuro Maruyama

²Department of Laboratory and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kagoshima University, Japan
Chuwa Tei

¹First Department of Internal Medicine

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