Journal article
Thrombin and Antithrombotics
Abstract
From injury through healing, thrombin has several important functions in blood clotting, subsequent clot lysis, and tissue repair. These include edema, inflammation, cell recruitment, cellular releases, transformations, mitogenesis, and angiogenesis. Thrombin also participates in disease states, such as venous thrombosis, coronary thrombosis, stroke, and pulmonary emboli, among others and is implicated in atherosclerosis, the growth and …
Authors
Fenton* J; Ofosu** F; Brezniak D; Hassouna† H
Journal
Seminars in Thrombosis and Hemostasis, Vol. 24, No. 02, pp. 87–91
Publisher
Thieme
Publication Date
April 1998
DOI
10.1055/s-2007-995828
ISSN
0094-6176