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Thromb Haemost 2004; 92(05): 1164-1165
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1614298
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Plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 plasma level increases with age in subjects with the 4G allele at position -675 in the promoter region

Anna Rita Bonfigli
1   INRCA, Italian National Research Center on Aging, Ancona, Italy
,
Cristina Sirolla
1   INRCA, Italian National Research Center on Aging, Ancona, Italy
,
Stefano Cenerelli
1   INRCA, Italian National Research Center on Aging, Ancona, Italy
,
Maurizio Marra
1   INRCA, Italian National Research Center on Aging, Ancona, Italy
,
Massimo Boemi
1   INRCA, Italian National Research Center on Aging, Ancona, Italy
,
Claudio Franceschi
1   INRCA, Italian National Research Center on Aging, Ancona, Italy
,
Ivano Testa
2   Institute of Internal Medicine, University of L’Aquila, L’Aquila, Italy
,
Daniela Mari
3   IRCCS Maggiore Hospital, Dept. of Internal Medicine, Milan, Italy
,
Elisabetta Sacchi
4   L. Sacco Hospital, Dept. of Immunology and Transfusion, Milan, Italy
,
Roberto Testa
1   INRCA, Italian National Research Center on Aging, Ancona, Italy
› Author AffiliationsFinancial support: This work has been supported in part by a grant of the Ministry of Health (ICS 030.6/RF00-49).
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Received 08 March 2004

Accepted after revision 03 September 2004

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14 December 2017 (online)

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