It is well known that a variety of inflammatory diseases are accompanied by hypercoagulability, and a number of more-or-less longer-term signalling pathways have been shown to be involved. In recent work, we have suggested ...

Increased circulating ferritin and free iron have been found in a variety of disease states associated with thrombophilia. When blood or plasma is exposed to iron addition, characteristic changes in thrombus formation are ...

BACKGROUND : Strokes are commonly preceded by transient ischemic attacks (TIAs). TIA is often associated with metabolic syndrome (causing chronic inflammation), resulting in a proinflammatory- and procoagulantenvironment. The ...