Microparticles, coagulation and inflammation

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Chapter 1 Introduction and outline of the thesis

Chapter 2 Cell-derived microparticles generated in patients during cardiopulmonary bypass are highly procoagulant

Chapter 3 Cellular origin and procoagulant properties of microparticles in meningococcal sepsis

Chapter 4 Cell-derived microparticles circulate in healthy humans and support low grade thrombin generation

Chapter 5 Microparticles from patients with multiple organ dysfunction syndrome and sepsis support coagulation through multiple mechanisms

Chapter 6 Cell-derived microparticles in synovial fluid from inflamed arthritic joints support coagulation exclusively via a factor VII-dependent mechanism

Chapter 7 Microparticles from synovial fluid of arthritic patients trigger the release of chemokines and cytokines by synoviocytes

Chapter 8 General discussion and summary

Chapter 9 Algemene discussie en samenvatting

References

Bibliography R.J. Berckmans

Coauthors

Curriculum Vitae

Dankwoord

STELLINGEN

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