DOI: 10.1055/s-00035024

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Ausgabe 06 · Volume 99 · 2008 DOI: 10.1055/s-007-35428

Editorial Focus

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Brenner, Benjamin; Jacob, Giris: "To drink or not to drink" – is this really the question?
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George, James N.: Clinical insights from observations on ADAMTS13 deficiency in liver cirrhosis
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Ofosu, Frederick A.: Differences in the safety profiles of two low-molecular-weight heparins
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Patel, Jeetesh V.; Dwivedi, Shridhar; Hughes, Elizabeth A.; Lip, Gregory Y. H.: Premature coronary artery disease: An inferred cardiovascular variant or a South Asian genetic disorder?
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Caprini, Joseph A.: Anticoagulants for thrombosis prophylaxis following surgery: A continuing saga

Review Article

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Alessi, Marie-Christine; Juhan-Vague, Irène: Metabolic syndrome, haemostasis and thrombosis
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Gieseler, Frank: Pathophysiological considerations to thrombophilia in the treatment of multiple myeloma with thalidomide and derivates

Blood Coagulation, Fibrinolysis and Cellular Haemostasis

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Flood, Veronica H.; Al-Mondhiry, Hamid A.; Rein, Chantelle M.; Alexander, Kristine S.; Lovely, Rehana S.; Shackleton, Kelley M.; David, Larry L.; Farrell, David H.: Fibrinogen Hershey IV: A novel dysfibrinogen with a γV411I mutation in the integrin αIIbβ3 binding site
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Lethagen, Stefan; Hillarp, Andreas; Ekholm, Caroline; Mattson, Eva; Halldén, Christer; Friberg, Britt: Distribution of von Willebrand factor levels in young women with and without bleeding symptoms. Influence of ABO blood group and promoter haplotypes
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Uemura, Masahito; Fujimura, Yoshihiro; Matsumoto, Masanori; Ishizashi, Hiromichi; Kato, Seiji; Matsuyama, Tomomi; Isonishi, Ayami; Ishikawa, Masatoshi; Yagita, Masato; Morioka, Chie; Yoshiji, Hitoshi; Tsujimoto, Tatsuhiro; Kurumatani, Norio; Fukui, Hiroshi: Comprehensive analysis of ADAMTS13 in patients with liver cirrhosis
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Rossi, Elena; Za, Tommaso; Ciminello, Angela; Leone, Giuseppe; Stefano, Valerio De: The risk of symptomatic pulmonary embolism due to proximal deep venous thrombosis differs in patients with different types of inherited thrombophilia
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Daneschvar, H. Leon; Seddighzadeh, Ali; Piazza, Gregory; Goldhaber, Samuel Z.: Deep vein thrombosis in patients with chronic kidney disease
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Negaard, Helene F. S.; Iversen, Per Ole; Østenstad, Bjørn; Iversen, Nina; Holme, Pål A.; Sandset, Per Morten: Hypercoagulability in patients with haematological neoplasia: No apparent initiation by tissue factor
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Kistler, Urs; Quervain, Inès Kramers-de; Munzinger, Urs; Kucher, Nils: Bleeding complications after systematic switch of routine thromboprophylaxis for major orthopaedic surgery
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Schreijer, Anja J. M.; Cannegieter, Suzanne C.; Caramella, Marianna; Meijers, Joost C. M.; Krediet, Raymond T.; Simons, Ries M.; Rosendaal, Frits R.: Fluid loss does not explain coagulation activation during air travel
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Carlsson, Katarina Steen; Astermark, Jan; Donfield, Sharyne; Berntorp, Erik: Cost and outcome: Comparisons of two alternative bypassing agents for persons with haemophilia A complicated by an inhibitor

Platelets and Blood Cells

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van Lier, Marjolijn; Verhoef, Sandra; Cauwenberghs, Sandra; Heemskerk, Johan W. M.; Akkerman, Jan-Willem N.; Heijnen, Harry F. G.: Role of membrane cholesterol in platelet calcium signalling in response to VWF and collagen under stasis and flow
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Muscari, Antonio; Pascalis, Susanna De; Cenni, Andrea; Ludovico, Cosimo; Castaldini, Nicola; Antonelli, Serafina; Bianchi, Giampaolo; Magalotti, Donatella; Zoli, Marco: Determinants of mean platelet volume (MPV) in an elderly population: Relevance of body fat, blood glucose and ischaemic electrocardiographic changes

Cardiovascular Biology and Cell Signalling

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Rallidis, Loukianos S.; Politou, Marianna; Komporozos, Christoforos; Panagiotakos, Demosthenes B.; Belessi, Chrisoula I.; Travlou, Anthi; Lekakis, John; Kremastinos, Dimitrios T.: Factor XIII Val34Leu polymorphism and the risk of myocardial infarction under the age of 36 years

New Technologies, Diagnostic Tools and Drugs

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Lavigne-Lissalde, Geraldine; Tarrade, Catherine; Lapalud, Priscilla; Chtourou, Sami; Schved, Jean-François; Granier, Claude; Villard-Saussine, Sylvie: Simultaneous detection and epitope mapping of anti-factor VIII antibodies
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Bauman, Mary E.; Black, Karina L.; Massicotte, Mary P.; Bauman, Michelle L.; Kuhle, Stefan; Howlett-Clyne, Susan; Cembrowski, George S.; Bajzar, Laszlo: Accuracy of the CoaguChek XS for point-of-care international normalized ratio (INR) measurement in children requiring warfarin
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Bottaro, Federico Jorge; Elizondo, Maria Cristina; Doti, Carlos; Bruetman, Julio Enrique; Moreno, Pablo Diego Perez; Bullorsky, Eduardo Oscar; Ceresetto, Jose Manuel: Efficacy of extended thrombo-prophylaxis in major abdominal surgery: What does the evidence show?
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Monreal, Manuel; Peidro, Luis; Resines, Carlos; Garcés, Carlos; Fernández, José Luís; Garagorri, Eduardo; González, Juan Carlos; for the NETCOT Investigators: Limited diagnostic workup for deep vein thrombosis after major joint surgery

Case Report

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Picchi, Andrea; Pasqualini, Paola; D’Aiello, Incoronata; Cortese, Bernardo; Micheli, Andrea; Limbruno, Ugo: Acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction in a 15-year-old boy with celiac disease and multifactorial thrombotic risk

Letters to the Editor

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Bellucci, Sylvia; Cassinat, Bruno; Bonnin, Nadine; Marzac, Christophe; Crassard, Isabelle: The V617F JAK 2 mutation is not a frequent event in patients with cerebral venous thrombosis without overt chronic myeloproliferative disorder
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Stefano, Valerio De; Rossi, Elena; Za, Tommaso; Chiusolo, Patrizia; Leone, Giuseppe: The JAK2 V617F mutation in patients with cerebral venous thrombosis: A rebuttal
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Favaloro, Emmanuel J.: Stability of coagulation assays performed in plasma from citrated whole blood transported at ambient temperature: Only a part of the story
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Alberio, Lorenzo; Lammle, Bernhard: Stability of coagulation assays performed in plasma from citrated whole blood transported at ambient temperature: only a part of the story. Reply to E. J. Favaloro
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Nicaise-Roland, Pascale; Aurousseau, Marie-Hélène; Delaval, Anne; Grootenboer-Mignot, Sabine; Hurtado, Margarita; Carbillon, Lionel; Fain, Olivier; Uzan, Michele; Lachassine, Eric; Boffa, Marie-Claire; Chollet-Martin, Sylvie: Levels of anticardiolipin and anti-β2-glycoprotein I antibodies in healthy newborn cord sera
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Johnson, Andrew; Dovlatova, Natalia; Heptinstall, Stan: Multiple electrode aggregometry and P2Y12 antagonists
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Crescente, Marilena; Castelnuovo, Augusto Di; Iacoviello, Licia; de Gaetano, Giovanni; Cerletti, Chiara: PFA-100 closure time to predict cardiovascular events in aspirin-treated cardiovascular patients: A meta-analysis of 19 studies comprising 3,003 patients
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Vayá, Amparo; Gómez, Inés; Mira, Yolanda; Ferrando, Fernando; Corella, Dolores: Homocysteine levels in patients with deep vein thrombosis lacking thrombophilic defects
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Lippi, Giuseppe; Favaloro, Emmanuel J.: Cardiac biomarkers in pulmonary embolism