Factor-XIII activity in patients with mild to moderate ulcerative colitis and active bleeding: a prospective observational study

Abstract Objective Coagulation factor XIII plays a key role in fibrin clot stabilization and epithelial healing. Under chronic inflammatory conditions involving bleeding and an activation of the coagulation cascade, the FXIIIa inversely correlate with disease activity. We assumed that FXIIIa could b...

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Main Authors: Karsten Bernerth, Ingolf Schiefke, Karin Liebscher, Susanne Raczynski, Tanja Kottmann, Niels Teich
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-12-01
Series:BMC Research Notes
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13104-018-3963-8