Are reduced plasma fibrin clot permeability and susceptibility to fibrinolysis associated with increased intima-media thickness in patients with primary antiphospholipid syndrome?
Reduced Ks and susceptibility to lysis are associated with greater IMT in PAPS, which might contribute to the early atherosclerosis in this disease.
There is no increase in the prevalence of long-standing diabetes mellitus in patients with PaC compared to age- and gender-matched controls with NOF and CRC. The relationship of PaC and diabetes may be an epiphenomenon, rather than diabetes being a risk factor for pancreatic malignancy.