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A descriptive investigation of the ultrastructure of fibrin networks in thrombo-embolic ischemic stroke

Pretorius, Etheresia; Swanepoel, A.C. (Albe Carina); Oberholzer, Hester Magdalena; Van der Spuy, Wendy Jeannette; Duim, Wiebren; Wessels, Pieter Frederik (Springer, 2011-05)

Stroke is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. Formation of a fibrin clot is controlled by a group of tightly regulated plasma proteases and cofactors and a change in the fibrin fiber formation causes an alteration ...
Platelet hyperactivity and fibrin clot structure in transient ischemic attack individuals in the presence of metabolic syndrome : a microscopy and thromboelastography (R) study

Van Rooy, Mia-Jeanne; Duim, Wiebren; Ehlers, Rene; Buys, Antoinette V.; Pretorius, Etheresia (BioMed Central, 2015)

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 ...

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