Degradation of fibrinogen and cross-linked fibrin by human neutrophil elastase generates D-like fragments detected by ELISA but not latex D-dimer test

Thrombosis Research

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 125-134

  Bach Gansmo, Edvin T ^a   Godal, Hans Christian ^a   Skjønsberg, Ole H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cross linked fibrin; D dimer; D like fragment; Elastase; Fibrinogen; Plasmin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN; APROTININ; D DIMER; FIBRINOGEN; LEUKOCYTE ELASTASE;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CROSS LINKING; CYTOLYSIS; ENZYME DEGRADATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FIBRINOGEN SYNTHESIS; FIBRINOLYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CATTLE; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FIBRIN; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; FIBRINOGEN; HUMANS; LATEX FIXATION TESTS; LEUKOCYTE ELASTASE; MICE; RABBITS;

EID: 0032213861     PISSN: 00493848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0049-3848(98)00121-2     Document Type: Article

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