Chemicals and Drugs

Thromboplastin

Constituent composed of protein and phospholipid that is widely distributed in many tissues. It serves as a cofactor with factor VIIa to activate factor X in the extrinsic pathway of blood coagulation.

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Constituent composed of protein and phospholipid that is widely distributed in many tissues. It serves as a cofactor with factor VIIa to activate factor X in the extrinsic pathway of blood coagulation.

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  • Antigens, CD142
  • Blood Coagulation Factor III
  • CD142 Antigens
  • Coagulation Factor III
  • Coagulin
  • Factor III
  • Glomerular Procoagulant Activity
  • Prothrombinase
  • Tissue Factor
  • Tissue Factor Procoagulant
  • Tissue Thromboplastin
  • Urothromboplastin
  • Activity, Glomerular Procoagulant
  • Factor III, Coagulation
  • Procoagulant Activity, Glomerular
  • Procoagulant, Tissue Factor
  • Thromboplastin, Tissue

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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analogs & derivatives, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, biosynthesis, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, deficiency, drug effects, economics, genetics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, physiology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, ultrastructure, urine.

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Thromboplastin. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D013925. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D013925
  2. Thromboplastin. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thromboplastin
  3. Thromboplastin. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6153218