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Study findings from St. Antonius Hospital, Department of Clinical Chemistry provide new insights into thrombosis

Published in Blood Weekly, May 20th, 2010

Fresh data on thrombosis are presented in the report 'The influence of clinical characteristics, laboratory and inflammatory markers on 'high on-treatment platelet reactivity' as measured with different platelet function tests.' "High on-clopidogrel platelet reactivity (HCPR) and high on-aspirin platelet reactivity (HAPR) are independently associated with an increased risk of atherothrombotic events. However, despite this positive correlation, the definitions of both HCPR and HAPR vary largely throughout studies and between different platelet function assays," researchers in Nieuwegein, Netherlands report.

"The aim of the present study was to explore clinical and...

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