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Activated protein C (APC) is a naturally occurring anticoagulant that interacts
with factor V and VIII to inhibit the clotting cascade. The prevalence of APC
resistance among Korean patients...
Plasminogen is a key proenzyme in the fibrinolytic and thrombolytic systems. Congenital deficiency of plasminogen and molecular abnormality of plasminogen (dysplasminogenemia) have been reported in association with the thrombotic tendency...
Protein C is the central component of a major anti-thrombotic regulatory system
and individuals with hereditary protein C deficiency (PCD) tend to have an
increased risk of thromboembolism. During...
A heterozygous GTG to ATG (Val297Met) mutation was detected in a patient with
inherited protein C deficiency and deep vein thrombosis. Cosegregation of the
mutation with protein C deficiency was observed through...
Coronary heart disease (CHD) has been considered as a multifactorial disorder
with the involvement of both environmental and genetic factors. The advent of
tools to investigate individual variability of DNA...