Factor V cleavage and inactivation are temporally associated with elevated elastase during experimental sepsis

*Department of Biochemistry, Queens University, Kingston, ONT, Canada; and Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK,USATo cite this article: Samis JA, Stewart KA, Nesheim ME, Taylor Jr FB. Factor V cleavage and inactivation are temporally associated with elevatedelastase during experimental sepsis. J Thromb Haemost 2007; 5: 2559–61.

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