 Heparin
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A highly acidic mucopolysaccharide formed of equal parts of sulfated D-glucosamine and D-glucuronic acid with sulfaminic bridges. The molecular weight ranges from six to twenty thousand. Heparin occurs in and is obtained from liver, lung, mast cells, etc., of vertebrates. Its function is unknown, but it is used to prevent blood clotting in vivo and vitro, in the form of many different salts.
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D006493
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D09.698.373.400
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| Concept/Terms |
Heparin- Heparin
- Unfractionated Heparin
- Heparin, Unfractionated
- Heparinic Acid
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| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Heparin" by people in Profiles.
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DeSimone RA, Myers GD, Guest EM, Shi PA. Combined heparin/acid citrate dextrose solution A anticoagulation in the Optia continuous mononuclear cell protocol for pediatric lymphocyte apheresis. J Clin Apher. 2019 Aug; 34(4):487-489.
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Carpenter SL, Richardson T, Hall M. Increasing rate of pulmonary embolism diagnosed in hospitalized children in the United States from 2001 to 2014. Blood Adv. 2018 06 26; 2(12):1403-1408.
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Gasior AC, Marty Knott E, St Peter SD. Management of peripherally inserted central catheter associated deep vein thrombosis in children. Pediatr Surg Int. 2013 May; 29(5):445-9.
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Huang EY, Chen C, Abdullah F, Aspelund G, Barnhart DC, Calkins CM, Cowles RA, Downard CD, Goldin AB, Lee SL, St Peter SD, Arca MJ. Strategies for the prevention of central venous catheter infections: an American Pediatric Surgical Association Outcomes and Clinical Trials Committee systematic review. J Pediatr Surg. 2011 Oct; 46(10):2000-11.
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Mullick J, Singh AK, Panse Y, Yadav V, Bernet J, Sahu A. Identification of functional domains in kaposica, the complement control protein homolog of Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (human herpesvirus 8). J Virol. 2005 May; 79(9):5850-6.
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Kouretas PC, Hannan RL, Kapur NK, Hendrickson R, Redmond EM, Myers AK, Kim YD, Cahill PA, Sitzmann JV. Non-anticoagulant heparin increases endothelial nitric oxide synthase activity: role of inhibitory guanine nucleotide proteins. J Mol Cell Cardiol. 1998 Dec; 30(12):2669-82.
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Manco-Johnson MJ, Marlar RA, Jacobson LJ, Hays T, Warady BA. Severe protein C deficiency in newborn infants. J Pediatr. 1988 Aug; 113(2):359-63.
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