Prekallikrein
"Prekallikrein" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A plasma protein which is the precursor of kallikrein. Plasma that is deficient in prekallikrein has been found to be abnormal in thromboplastin formation, kinin generation, evolution of a permeability globulin, and plasmin formation. The absence of prekallikrein in plasma leads to Fletcher factor deficiency, a congenital disease.
| Descriptor ID |
D011288
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.277.656.300.760.442.725 D08.811.277.656.959.350.442.725 D12.776.124.125.597.712 D23.119.597.712
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| Concept/Terms |
Prekallikrein- Prekallikrein
- Plasma Prokallikrein
- Prokallikrein, Plasma
- Fletcher Factor
- Factor, Fletcher
- Kallikreinogen
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