Thromb Haemost 1993; 70(01): 168-171
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1646182
State-of-the-Art Lecture
Thrombin
Schattauer GmbH Stuttgart

Protease Nexin-1 and Thrombin: Injury-related Processes in the Brain

Dennis D Cunningham
*   Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, College of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, CA 92717
,
Lynn Pulliam
‡   Department of Laboratory Medicine, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, CA 94121
,
Patrick J Vaughan
*   Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, College of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, CA 92717
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Publication History

Publication Date:
03 July 2018 (online)

 
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