Significant Association between Serum Levels of Von Willebrand Factor (vWF) Antigen with Stages of Cirrhosis

YILMAZ V. T., DİNÇER D., Avci A. B., ÇETİNKAYA R.

EURASIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE, cilt.47, sa.1, ss.21-25, 2015 (ESCI) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 47 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2015
  • Doi Numarası: 10.5152/eajm.2014.0016
  • Dergi Adı: EURASIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.21-25
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Cirrhosis, Child Pugh classification, von Willebrand factor, LIVER-CIRRHOSIS, NITRIC-OXIDE, HYPERDYNAMIC CIRCULATION, ENDOTHELIAL-CELLS, PROGNOSIS, DISEASE
  • Akdeniz Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Objective: Von Willebrand factor (vWF) is a mediator that increases endotoxemic medium like in cirrhosis. In this study we evaluated the association of serum VWF antigen (Ag) level with the stage of cirrhosis (according to Child-Pugh classification).