Thrombin is the main factor of mammalian blood coagulation, a complex system generating fibrin clots that physiologically prevents critical bleeding at local areas of tissue injury. There are many diseases, situations, or drugs that critically alter the blood matrix. Then, thrombin is massively generated in the systemic circulation. The individual reader of the present book will understand a bit more the complicated thrombin generating system - called coagulation. Understanding thrombin means understanding coagulation.
| ISBN: | 9781619420878 |
| Publication date: | 1st October 2012 |
| Author: | Thomas Stief |
| Publisher: | Nova Science Publishers an imprint of Nova Science Publishers Inc |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 306 pages |
| Genres: |
Physiology |