Further characterization and thrombolytic activity in a rat model of a fibrinogenase from Vipera lebetina venom

Thrombosis Research

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 233-242

  Gasmi, Ammar ^a   Chabchoub, Ahmed ^b   Guermazi, Sami ^b   Karoui, Habib ^b   Elayeb, Mohamed ^b   Dellagi, Koussay ^b  

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Coagulation factors; Thrombolysis; Vipera lebetina fibrinogenase

Indexed keywords

SNAKE VENOM; THROMBIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBRINOLYSIS; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FACTOR X; FIBRINOGEN; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; PLASMIN; PLASMINOGEN; PLATELET AGGREGATION; PROTEIN C; PROTHROMBIN; RABBITS; RATS; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; VIPER VENOMS;

EID: 0030923054     PISSN: 00493848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0049-3848(97)00066-2     Document Type: Article

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