[The increased tendency of platelets from patients with the Pro33 form of GPIIIa may predispose patients with this allele to a higher risk of acute thrombotic events, and argues for selective use of therapeutic agents that inhibit ADP-mediated platelet activation in occlusive vascular disease states.]. Sentence from MEDLINE/PubMed, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
Gene-disease associations inferred from text-mining the literature.
DisGeNET evidence - LITERATURE