PROTEIN-S IN NORMAL SUBJECTS AND PATIENTS WITH PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL-DISEASE

The aim of the present study was to investigate if alterations in prot ein S levels occur in peripheral arterial disease. In a group of 33 pa tients with peripheral arterial disease and in a group of 10 healthy v olunteers we have the quantitative determination of functional protein S. The observer values show non significant difference in protein S l evels among vasculopathic patients and controls (only five out of 33 p atients showed low protein S levels). These data seem to suggest that low protein S levels do not play an important role in the development of peripheral arterial disease.