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heparan sulfate
(redirected from Heparin sulfate)

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heparan sulfate /hep·a·ran sul·fate/ (hep´ah-ran) a glycosaminoglycan occurring in the cell membrane of most cells, consisting of a repeating disaccharide unit of glucosamine and uronic acid residues, which may be acetylated and sulfated; it accumulates in several mucopolysaccharidoses.
heparan sulfate
a sulfated mucopolysaccharide structurally related to heparin, which occurs normally in the liver, aorta and lung; it is an accumulation product in several mucopolysaccharidoses.


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She was taking aspirin preoperatively and was administered 4,000 U heparin sulfate intraoperatively and a dextran 40 infusion postoperatively.
 
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