Quantitative Influence of ABO Blood Groups on Factor VIII and Its Ratio to von Willebrand Factor, Novel Observations from an ARIC Study of 11,673 Subjects.

ABO blood groups are known to influence the plasma level of von Willebrand factor (VWF), but little is known about the relationship between ABO and coagulation factor VIII (FVIII). We analyzed the influence of ABO genotypes on VWF antigen, FVIII activity, and their quantitative relationship in 11,67...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jaewoo Song, Fengju Chen, Marco Campos, Doug Bolgiano, Katie Houck, Lloyd E Chambless, Kenneth K Wu, Aaron R Folsom, David Couper, Eric Boerwinkle, Jing-fei Dong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4526567?pdf=render