Article
Coagulation factor XIII deficiency. Diagnosis, prevalence and management of inherited and acquired forms.
Hamostaseologie - 1 Jan 2014
Biswas A, Ivaskevicius V, Thomas A, Oldenburg J
Abstract excerpt
The plasma circulating zymogenic coagulation factor XIII (FXIII) is a protransglutaminase, which upon activation by thrombin and calcium cross-links preformed fibrin clots/fibrinolytic inhibitors making them mechanically stable and less susceptible to fibrinolysis. The zymogenic plasma FXIII molecule is a heterotetramer composed of two catalytic FXIII-A and two protective FXIII-B subunits. Factor XIII deficiency...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
