An alternative elastase-mediated degradation of fibrinogen and fibrin observed in a patient with herpes simplex encephalitis and pneumonia

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 184-186

  Iijima, Kenji ^a   Murakami, Fumiyo ^b   Horie, Yasushi ^b   Nakamura, Katsumi ^b   Ikawa, Shiro ^b   Soe, Gilbu ^c   Kohno, Isao ^c   Nakayasu, Hiroyuki ^d   Shimomura, Tokio ^d   Takahashi, Kazuro ^d  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Central Research Laboratories   (Japan)

^d TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTASE; FIBRIN; FIBRINOGEN; PLASMIN; TRYPSIN INHIBITOR;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL DESTRUCTION; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENZYME RELEASE; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN METABOLISM; FIBRINOLYSIS; GRANULOCYTE; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PNEUMONIA; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 9444254042     PISSN: 03406245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1650550     Document Type: Article

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