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Thromb Haemost 1967; 18(03/04): 456-461
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1655055
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The Fibrinolytic System in South African White and Bantu Men

H Lackner M. D.
1   Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town Medical School and Groote Schuur Hospital, Observatory, Cape, South Africa, and from the Department of Medicine and the American National Red Cross Research Laboratory, New York University Medical Center, New York
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A. J Johnson M. D.
1   Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town Medical School and Groote Schuur Hospital, Observatory, Cape, South Africa, and from the Department of Medicine and the American National Red Cross Research Laboratory, New York University Medical Center, New York
› Author AffiliationsThis study was supported in part by the Staff Research Fund of the University of Cape Town; the South African Council for Scientific and Industrial Research; United States Public Health Service Grant HE-05003-08; and Life Insurance Medical Research Fund G-63-20.
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Summary

1. In a study of fibrinolytic activity conducted among South African Bantus and white males, the Bantus were found to have greater fibrinolytic activity, primarily because of higher levels of plasminogen activator.

2. Levels of fibrinolytic inhibitors were similar in the 2 groups.

3. The plasminogen level was significantly higher in the Bantus than in the South African whites, but it could not be correlated with fibrinolytic activity in individual subjects.

4. Differences in serum protein patterns of Bantus and whites were confirmed.

 

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