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| Year : 2010 | Volume
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| Issue : 1 | Page : 49-50 |
Authors' reply
MN Mishra1, S Rohatgi2
1 Department of Pathology, Command Hospital, Southern Command, Pune-411040, India
2 Department of Pathology, Military Hospital, Cardiothoracic Centre, Pune-411040, India
| Date of Web Publication | 12-Apr-2010 |
Correspondence Address:
M N Mishra
Department of Pathology, Command Hospital, Southern Command, Pune-411040
India
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How to cite this article:
Mishra M N, Rohatgi S. Authors' reply. J Postgrad Med 2010;56:49-50 |
Sir,
We wish to thank the authors for their valuable comments. [1] The patients and controls in this study [2] did not suffer from hypertension, which was enquired during history-taking as mentioned in the last paragraph of 'Materials and methods'. Blood pressure of all controls and patients was checked during their medical examination. Evaluation for activated protein C resistance (APC-R), fibrinogen levels, deficiency of antithrombin, Factor V, Protein C and S was done. [3] Protein S deficiency and APC-R were detected in one and two patients respectively. Additional parameters were not tested due to budgetary constraints. Normal blood counts and peripheral blood smear of the subjects of this study excluded common hematological disorders. A fresh sample was tested in all subjects minimum of eight weeks later as brought out in the 'Materials and methods' of the manuscript.
| :: References | |  |
| 1. | Sharma V. Antiphospholipid antibodies in stroke. J Postgrad Med 2010;56;in current issue.  |
| 2. | Mishra MN, Rohatgi S. Antiphospholipid antibodies in young Indian patients with stroke. J Postgrad Med 2009;55:161-4. [PUBMED]  |
| 3. | Mishra MN, Kalra R, Rohatgi S. Common thrombophilias in 85 Indian patients with arterial thrombosis. J Thromb Haemost 2007;5:457. |
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