Plasminogen
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Overview
Plasminogen is the precurser of plasmin, converts fibrin to soluble products. [1] [2]
| Reference Range | |
| Plasminogen concentration | 2.5 mmol/l |
| Plasminogen activity | 70-120% |
Differential Diagnosis
Deficiency
- Acquired
- DIC
- Fibrinolytic therapy
- Hyperfibrinolysis
- Physiologic in newborns
- Severe liver damage
- Hereditary
Increased
- Acute-phase-reaction
- Diabetes Mellitus
- Oral Contraceptives
- Pregnancy
References
- ↑ Sailer, Christian, Wasner, Susanne. Differential Diagnosis Pocket. Hermosa Beach, CA: Borm Bruckmeir Publishing LLC, 2002:77 ISBN 1591032016
- ↑ Kahan, Scott, Smith, Ellen G. In A Page: Signs and Symptoms. Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing, 2004:68 ISBN 140510368X
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Some of the initial content on this page may be incorporated in part from copyleft sources in the public domain including wikis such as Wikipedia and AskDrWiki. Drug information for patients came from the The National Library of Medicine. Infectious disease information may have come from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Differential Diagnoses are drawn from clinicians as well as an amalgamation of 3 sources: 1.The Disease Database; 2. Kahan, Scott, Smith, Ellen G. In A Page: Signs and Symptoms. Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing, 2004:3; 3. Sailer, Christian, Wasner, Susanne. Differential Diagnosis Pocket. Hermosa Beach, CA: Borm Bruckmeir Publishing LLC, 2002:7 .
