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Pieter H. Reitsma

Pieter H. Reitsma

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Medicine

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99
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46186
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8463
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Overview

Pieter H. Reitsma is affiliated with Leiden University in the Netherlands. Their research primarily focuses on the field of medicine, with significant contributions in hematology, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, internal medicine, genetics, and pharmacology.

Their work covers several main topics, including blood coagulation and thrombosis mechanisms, venous thromboembolism diagnosis and management, atrial fibrillation management and outcomes, venomous animal envenomation and studies, pharmacogenetics and drug metabolism, eicosanoids and hypertension pharmacology, and coagulation related to bradykinin, polyphosphates, and angioedema.

Reitsma has published extensively in several scientific journals. Their frequent publication venues include:

  • Thrombosis and Haemostasis
  • Blood
  • Research and Practice in Thrombosis and Haemostasis
  • Nature Medicine
  • Seminars in Thrombosis and Hemostasis

Recent notable papers authored or co-authored by Reitsma include:

  • Thrombo-Inflammation in Cardiovascular Disease: An Expert Consensus Document from the Third Maastricht Consensus Conference on Thrombosis, 2020, Thrombosis and Haemostasis
  • Whole-exome sequencing identifies rare variants in STAB2 associated with venous thromboembolic disease, 2020, Blood
  • Reversal Agents for the Direct Factor Xa Inhibitors: Biochemical Mechanisms of Current and Newly Emerging Therapies, 2020, Seminars in Thrombosis and Hemostasis
  • Evolutionary Adaptations in Pseudonaja Textilis Venom Factor X Induce Zymogen Activity and Resistance to the Intrinsic Tenase Complex, 2020, Thrombosis and Haemostasis
  • Elevated anti-human factor Xa activity in rabbit and rodent plasma: Implications for preclinical assessment of human factor X in animal models of hemostasis, 2020, Thrombosis Research

Frequent co-authors in Reitsma's work include:

  • Mettine H.A. Bos
  • Daniël Verhoef
  • Ka Lei Cheung
  • Mark Schreuder
  • Henri M.H. Spronk

Best Publications

  • Mutation in blood coagulation factor V associated with resistance to activated protein C

    Rogier M. Bertina;Bobby P. C. Koeleman;Ted Koster;Frits R. Rosendaal

  • A common genetic variation in the 3'-untranslated region of the prothrombin gene is associated with elevated plasma prothrombin levels and an increase in venous thrombosis.

    Swibertus R. Poort;Frits R. Rosendaal;Pieter H. Reitsma;Rogier M. Bertina

  • Increased Risk of Venous Thrombosis in Oral-Contraceptive Users Who Are Carriers of Factor V Leiden Mutation

    Jan P. Vandenbroucke;Ted Koster;Ernest Briet;Pieter H. Reitsma

  • Hyperhomocysteinemia as a risk factor for deep-vein thrombosis

    M. Den Heijer;T. Koster;H. J. Blom;G. M. J. Bos

  • High risk of thrombosis in patients homozygous for factor V Leiden (activated protein C resistance)

    FR Rosendaal;T Koster;JP Vandenbroucke;PH Reitsma

  • NEW FUNDAMENTALS IN HEMOSTASIS

    Henri H. Versteeg;Johan W. M. Heemskerk;Marcel Levi;Pieter H. Reitsma

  • Geographic Distribution of the 20210 G to A Prothrombin Variant

    F.R. Rosendaal;Catharina Jacoba Maria Doggen;A. Zivelin;V.R. Arruda

  • Activated protein C resistance as an additional risk factor for thrombosis in protein C-deficient families.

    Bobby P.C. Koeleman;Pieter H. Reitsma;C.F. Allaart;Rogier M. Bertina

  • HIGH PLASMA CONCENTRATION OF FACTOR VIIIC IS A MAJOR RISK FACTOR FOR VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM

    R. A. Kraaijenhagen;P. S. In't Anker;M. M. W. Koopman;P. H. Reitsma

  • Regulation of myc gene expression in HL-60 leukaemia cells by a vitamin D metabolite

    P. H. Reitsma;P. G. Rothberg;S. M. Astrin;J. Trial

  • Induction of monocytic differentiation and bone resorption by 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3.

    Zvi Bar-Shavit;Steven L. Teitelbaum;Pieter Reitsma;Ann Hall

  • Factor V Leiden (resistance to activated protein C) increases the risk of myocardial infarction in young women

    F. R. Rosendaal;D. S. Siscovick;S. M. Schwartz;R. K. Beverly

  • Apolipoprotein A-V: a novel apolipoprotein associated with an early phase of liver regeneration.

    Hendrik N. van der Vliet;Martijn Groenink Sammels;Aad C.J. Leegwater;Johannes H.M. Levels

  • Protein C deficiency in a controlled series of unselected outpatients: an infrequent but clear risk factor for venous thrombosis (Leiden Thrombophilia Study)

    T. Koster;F. R. Rosendaal;E. Briët;F. J. M. Van Der Meer

  • Increased risk of venous thrombosis in carriers of hereditary protein C deficiency defect.

    C.F. Allaart;S.R. Poort;P.H. Reitsma;R.M. Bertina

  • Prevalence of protein C deficiency in the healthy population.

    R C Tait;Isobel D Walker;P H Reitsma;S I A M Islam

  • The relationship between tissue factor and cancer progression: insights from bench and bedside

    Yascha W. van den Berg;Susanne Osanto;Pieter H. Reitsma;Henri H. Versteeg

  • Factor VII and fibrinogen levels as risk factors for venous thrombosis. A case-control study of plasma levels and DNA polymorphisms--the Leiden Thrombophilia Study (LETS).

    T Koster;F R Rosendaal;P H Reitsma;P A van der Velden

  • Printed word learning in beginning readers

    Pieter Reitsma

  • Genetic risk factors of venous thrombosis

    Rendrik F. Franco;Pieter H. Reitsma

Frequent Co-Authors

Frits R. Rosendaal
Frits R. Rosendaal Leiden University Medical Center
Rogier M. Bertina
Rogier M. Bertina Leiden University Medical Center
Ludo Verhoeven
Ludo Verhoeven Radboud University
Joost C. M. Meijers
Joost C. M. Meijers University of Amsterdam
S. J. H. Van Deventer
S. J. H. Van Deventer Leiden University
Marcel Levi
Marcel Levi University of Amsterdam
Sandrine Florquin
Sandrine Florquin University of Amsterdam
Tom van der Poll
Tom van der Poll University of Amsterdam
Maikel P. Peppelenbosch
Maikel P. Peppelenbosch Erasmus University Rotterdam
David-Alexandre Trégouët
David-Alexandre Trégouët University of Bordeaux

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