lepirudin
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Lepirudin is an anticoagulant that functions as a direct thrombin inhibitor.
Research
630 papers- Lepirudin.2006
- Lepirudin in the management of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia.Expert opinion on drug metabolism & toxicology · 2008
- Lepirudin in patients with heparin-induced thrombocytopenia - results of the third prospective study (HAT-3) and a combined analysis of HAT-1, HAT-2, and HAT-3.Journal of thrombosis and haemostasis : JTH · 2005
- Lepirudin: a bivalent direct thrombin inhibitor for anticoagulation therapy.Expert review of cardiovascular therapy · 2004
- Comparisons of argatroban to lepirudin and bivalirudin in the treatment of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.International journal of hematology · 2017
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- chemical compound
- Mass
- 6979
- Has use
- medication
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- medical condition treated
- thrombocytopenia
- defined daily dose
- 0.25
- NCI Thesaurus ID
- C1839
- chemical formula
- C₂₈₇H₄₄₀N₈₀O₁₁₁S₆
- has characteristic
- biopharmaceutical
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Lepirudin is an anticoagulant that functions as a direct thrombin inhibitor.
Brand name: Refludan, Generic: Lepirudin rDNA for injection.
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