Items for "arterial and venous thrombosis"

Review: Laboratory markers quantifying prothrombin activation and actions of thrombin in venous and arterial thrombosis do not accurately assess disease severity or the effectiveness of treatment

Thrombin is normally produced for hemostasis and physiological wound healing. Increased thrombin production in vivo, cell activation and inflammation mediated in part by thrombin are hallmarks of both arterial and venous thrombosis...

Keywords: thrombin, prothrombin fragment 1 + 2, arterial and venous thrombosis, platelets