Excessive urokinase-type plasminogen activator activity in the euglobulin fraction of patients with Alzheimer-type dementia

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 83-88

  Alonso, Daniel F ^a   Farias, Eduardo F ^a,b   Famulari, Arturo L ^c   Dominguez, Raul O ^c   Kohan, Silvia ^a   De Lustig, Eugenia S ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c Asociacion de Beneficencia Hospital Sirio Libanes Buenos Aires   (Argentina)

^d Instituto de Oncologia Angel H Roffo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Euglobulin fraction; Fibrinolysis; Plasma; Urokinase; Vascular dementia

Indexed keywords

UROKINASE;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUGLOBULIN LYSIS TEST; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030201099     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0022-510X(96)00036-6     Document Type: Article

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