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Contribution of protein Z and protein Z-dependent protease inhibitor in generalized Shwartzman reaction.
Critical care medicine - 1 Dec 2013
Butschkau Antje, Nagel Philipp, Grambow Eberhard, Zechner Dietmar, Broze George J, Vollmar Brigitte
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OBJECTIVE: Sepsis, a leading cause of mortality in critically ill patients, is closely linked to the excessive activation of coagulation and inflammation. Protein Z, a cofactor for the protein Z-dependent protease inhibitor, enhances the inhibition of coagulation factor Xa, and protein Z-dependent protease inhibitor inhibits factor XIa in a protein Z-independent fashion. The functions of protein Z and protein...
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