Von Willebrand Factor and ADAMTS-13 Are Associated with the Severity of COVID-19 Disease
Coagulopathy in COVID-19 patients is presumably based on systemic hypercoagulation with the inflammatory response. As a result of endothelial dysfunction, tissue factor and von Willebrand factor (vWF) are released into the blood stream, which leads to prothrombinase activation. The vWF/ADAMTS-13 rat...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2022-07-01
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Series: | Journal of Clinical Medicine |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/11/14/4006 |