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Factor Xa is highly protected from antithrombin-fondaparinux and antithrombin-enoxaparin when incorporated into the prothrombinase complex.
Journal of thrombosis and haemostasis : JTH - 1 Jun 2003
Brufatto N, Ward A, Nesheim M E
Abstract excerpt
Antithrombin and its cofactor, heparin, target both the product of prothrombin activation by prothrombinase, thrombin, as well as the enzyme responsible for the reaction, factor (F)Xa. These studies were carried out to quantify the effects of each of the prothrombinase components on the half-life of FXa in the presence of antithrombin and the low-molecular-weight heparins (enoxaparin, Aventis, Laval, Quebec,...
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