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antiprothrombin

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antiprothrombin /an·ti·pro·throm·bin/ (-pro-throm´bin)
1. directed against prothrombin.
2. an anticoagulant that retards the conversion of prothrombin into thrombin.

an·ti·pro·throm·bin (nt-pr-thrmbn, nt-)
n.
An anticoagulant that inhibits or prevents the conversion of prothrombin into thrombin.

antiprothrombin
[-prōthrom′bin]
a substance that inhibits the conversion of prothrombin to thrombin.

antiprothrombin [an″te-, an″ti-pro-throm´bin]
1. directed against prothrombin.
2. a substance that retards the conversion of prothrombin into thrombin.

antiprothrombin
a substance that retards the conversion of prothrombin into thrombin.


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Anti-beta 2-glycoprotein I, antiprothrombin antibodies, and the risk of thrombosis in the anti phospholipid syndrome [Review].
Antiprothrombin (aPT) antibodies, which are present in ~50% of antiphospholipid-positive patients (14) and are frequently found in women with APS, show wide variation in immunological and functional properties, depending mainly on their affinity for human prothrombin (or factor II), a vitamin K-dependent glycoprotein that performs several anticoagulant activities (15).
 
 
 
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