Plasma von Willebrand factor, tissue plasminogen activator, plasminogen activator inhibitor, and antithrombin III levels in Behcet's disease

Ozoran K., Duzgun N., Gurler A., Tutkak H., Tokgoz G.

SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF RHEUMATOLOGY, vol.24, no.6, pp.376-382, 1995 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 24 Issue: 6
  • Publication Date: 1995
  • Doi Number: 10.3109/03009749509095184
  • Journal Name: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF RHEUMATOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.376-382
  • Keywords: Behcet's disease, von Willebrand factor, tissue plasminogen activator, plasminogen activator inhibitor, antithrombin III, VONWILLEBRAND-FACTOR, RHEUMATOID-ARTHRITIS, VASCULITIS, FIBRINOLYSIS, ENDOTHELIUM, PROTEINS, EXERCISE, ANTIGEN
  • Ankara University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Sixty-three patients with Behcet's disease (ED), 30 patients with recurrent oral ulcer and 30 healthy individuals as control group were included in the study. ISG criteria was used for the diagnosis of ED and patients were classified as active and inactive and evaluated accordingly. In the patient and control groups, von Willebrand factor (vWF), tissue plasminogen activator (tPA), and plasminogen activator inhibitor (PAI) levels were determined using ELISA method and antithrombin III (AT-III) by nephelometric methods.