Clot Retraction Increases Clot Resistance to Fibrinolysis by Condensing α2-Plasmin Inhibitor Crosslinked to Fibrin

Thromb Haemost 1993; 70(02): 376
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1649588

Letter to the Editor

Schattauer GmbH Stuttgart

Clot Retraction Increases Clot Resistance to Fibrinolysis by Condensing α₂-Plasmin Inhibitor Crosslinked to Fibrin

Nobuo Aoki

First Department of Internal Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan

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