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Studies on Fletcher trait and Fitzgerald trait. A rare chance to disclose body's defense reactions against injury.

Abstract
The way by which contact of blood with foreign surface accelerates clotting has been elucidated from the discovery of four rare disorders of blood coagulation; Hageman trait, plasma thromboplastin antecedent (PTA) deficiency, Fletcher trait, and Fitzgerald trait. Interestingly, it was unexpectedly found that Fletcher factor is plasma prekallikrein and Fitzgerald factor is high-molecular-weight kininogen; components of the kinin-generating system, thus disclosing intimate relationships among clotting, fibrinolysis and kinin generation which may be viewed as body's defense reactions against injury. This review mainly reflects our research on Fletcher trait and Fitzgerald trait during the 1970s in Cleveland.
AuthorsHidehiko Saito
JournalThrombosis and haemostasis (Thromb Haemost) Vol. 104 Issue 5 Pg. 867-74 (Nov 2010) ISSN: 2567-689X [Electronic] Germany
PMID20838736 (Publication Type: Historical Article, Journal Article, Portrait, Review)
Chemical References
  • Kininogen, High-Molecular-Weight
  • Prekallikrein
Topics
  • Animals
  • Blood Coagulation Disorders, Inherited (blood, genetics, history)
  • Blood Coagulation Tests (history)
  • Hematology (history)
  • Hemostasis (genetics)
  • History, 20th Century
  • Humans
  • Kininogen, High-Molecular-Weight (genetics, history, metabolism)
  • Prekallikrein (genetics, history, metabolism)

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