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Thromb Haemost 1964; 11(01): 094-098
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1654809
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1654809
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Evidence for Steroid Control of the Metabolism of Profibrinolysin
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This study has been supported in part by a research grant from G. D. Searle and Co., Chicago Illinois; the U.S. Public Health Service Grant No. H-3697; American, Iowa and Minnesota Heart Associations; the Life Insurance Medical Research Fund; and the University of Minnesota Graduate School.
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Publication Date:
22 June 2018 (online)
Summary
Daily therapy with 5 mg of norethynodrel and 0.075 mg of ethynylestra- diol-3-methyl ether (Enovid) is associated with a 34.7% (P < 0.001) increase in the activity of human serum profibrinolysin (plasminogen).
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