Presence of a prothrombotic state in people with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: a population-based case-control study
BACKGROUND: Laboratory studies suggest that the clotting cascade is activated in fibrotic lungs. Since humans vary in their tendency to clot due to a variety of inherited or acquired defects, we investigated whether a prothrombotic state increases the chance of developing idiopathic pulmonary fibros...
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BMJ Publishing Group
2014
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| Online Access: | https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/43291/ |