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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Main Authors: Navaratnam, Vidya, Fogarty, Andrew W., McKeever, Tricia M., Thompson, Norma, Jenkins, Gisli, Johnson, Simon R., Dolan, Gerard, Kumaran, Maruti, Pointon, Kate, Hubbard, Richard B.
Format: Article
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2014
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/43291/