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SUBMITTER: Lasom S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6091132 | biostudies-literature | 2018
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lasom Supakanya S Komanasin Nantarat N Settasatian Nongnuch N Settasatian Chatri C Kukongviriyapan Upa U Intharapetch Pongsak P
Journal of research in medical sciences : the official journal of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences 20180726
<h4>Background</h4>The imbalance of von Willebrand factor (vWF) and a disintegrin and metalloproteinase with a thrombospondin type 1 motif member 13 (ADAMTS13) has been associated with atherosclerosis progression. A high level of vWF which regulates thrombus formation is associated with diabetes mellitus (DM), and some <i>ADAMTS13</i> and <i>vWF</i> polymorphisms have effects on their levels. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the associations of <i>ADAMTS13</i> and <i>vWF</i> polymorphisms ...[more]