Journal of Postgraduate Medicine Medknow Publications and Staff Society of Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital, Mumbai, India ISSN: 0022-3859 EISSN: 0972-2823 Vol. 56, Num. 1, 2010, pp. 49-50

Journal of Postgraduate Medicine, Vol. 56, No. 1, January-March, 2010, pp. 49-50

Letter

Authors' reply

Mishra MN, Rohatgi S¹

Department of Pathology, Command Hospital, Southern Command, ¹ Military Hospital, Cardiothoracic Centre, Pune 411040, India

Correspondence Address: Dr. Mahendra N. Mishra, Department of Pathology, Command Hospital, Southern Command, Pune-411040, India, mnmishra@hotmail.com

Code Number: jp10021

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.  Back to cited text no. 1
2.	Mishra MN, Rohatgi S. Antiphospholipid antibodies in young Indian patients with stroke. J Postgrad Med 2009;55:161-4.  Back to cited text no. 2  [PUBMED]
3.	Mishra MN, Kalra R, Rohatgi S. Common thrombophilias in 85 Indian patients with arterial thrombosis. J Thromb Haemost 2007;5:457.  Back to cited text no. 3

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