Sex influences the association between haemostasis and the extent of lung lesions in tuberculosis

Sex influences the association between haemostasis and the extent of lung lesions in tuberculosis

Abstract Background Worldwide tuberculosis (TB) reports show a male bias in morbidity; however, the differences in pathogenesis between men and women with TB, as well as the mechanisms associated with such differences, are poorly investigated. We hypothesized that comparison of the degree of lung in...

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Main Authors: Wenling Tan, Adiilah K Soodeen-Lalloo, Yue Chu, Weijie Xu, Fengfang Chen, Jie Zhang, Wei Sha, Jin Huang, Guanghong Yang, Lianhua Qin, Jie Wang, Xiaochen Huang, Jingyun Shi, Yonghong Feng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-10-01
Series:Biology of Sex Differences
Subjects:
Tuberculosis
Gender bias
Coagulation
Platelet
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13293-018-0203-9

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