Reversal of the anticoagulant and anti-hemostatic effect of low molecular weight heparin by direct prothrombin activation
Lopap, found in the bristles of Lonomia obliqua caterpillar, is the first exogenous prothrombin activator that shows serine protease-like activity, independent of prothrombinase components and unique lipocalin reported to interfere with hemostasis mechanisms. To assess the action of an exogenous pro...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica
2012-10-01
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Series: | Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2012001000007&lng=en&tlng=en |