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AT III in Pregnancy and Newborn Infants

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Perinatal Thrombosis and Hemostasis

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Abstract

Blood fluidity is determined by the balance between the components of the coagulation and fibrinolytic pathways. The balance is maintained by the activators and inhibitors of the respective proenzymes and enzymes (Fig. 1). Disturbances in either of these systems lead to thrombosis or bleeding.

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  1. Research Laboratories of Behringwerke, Postfach 11 40, D-3550, Marburg 1, Federal Republic of Germany

    Hermann Erich Karges

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  1. College of Medical Technology, Hokkaido University, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060, Japan

    Shigenori Suzuki M.D.

  2. University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO, 80262, USA

    William E. Hathaway M.D.

  3. Trinity College, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, St. James’s Hospital, University of Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

    John Bonnar M.D., FRCOG

  4. Universitäts-Kinderklinik, 7800, Freiburg, Federal Republic of Germany

    Anton H. Sutor M.D.

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Karges, H.E. (1991). AT III in Pregnancy and Newborn Infants. In: Suzuki, S., Hathaway, W.E., Bonnar, J., Sutor, A.H. (eds) Perinatal Thrombosis and Hemostasis. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-65871-9_6

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