1. FIBRINOLYSIS PRODUCED BY CONTACT WITH A CATERPILLAR
- Author
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C.L. Arocha-Piñango and M. Layrisse
- Subjects
medicine.medical_specialty ,Insecta ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Lonomia obliqua ,In Vitro Techniques ,Biology ,Hemorrhagic Disorders ,Fibrinogen ,Hemorrhagic disorder ,Aprotinin ,Fibrinolytic Agents ,Internal medicine ,Antifibrinolytic agent ,Fibrinolysis ,medicine ,Animals ,Humans ,Aminocaproates ,Fibrin ,fungi ,General Medicine ,Venezuela ,biology.organism_classification ,Antifibrinolytic Agents ,Endocrinology ,Immunology ,Cattle ,Fibrinolytic agent ,Lonomia ,medicine.drug - Abstract
Five patients were seen who developed a long-lasting fibrinolytic bleeding disorder after contact with caterpillars of the family Saturnidae. The secretion of the hairs of such insects showed fibrinolytic activity and also activated human but not bovine plasminogen.
- Published
- 1969
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