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Discovery and characterization of an antibody directed against exosite I of thrombin.
Journal of thrombosis and haemostasis : JTH - 1 Jan 2016
Baglin T P, Langdown J, Frasson R, Huntington J A
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UNLABELLED: ESSENTIALS: An IgA paraprotein with anti-thrombin activity was not associated with a severe bleeding phenotype. This observation challenges the paradigm that anticoagulant therapy necessarily increases bleeding risk. Characterization of the antibody showed that it specifically binds to thrombin exosite I. A therapeutic drug with the properties of this antibody might be an antithrombotic that doesn't...
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