Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface vii
3. Acknowledgments xi
4. Contents xv
5. Chapter 1. Reading about Prothrombin 3
6. Chapter 2. Prothrombin and Associated Word Symbols 11
7. Chapter 3. Purification and Properties of Prothrombin 19
8. Chapter 4. Prothrombin Activation by Autocatalysis 45
9. Chapter 5. Prothrombin Activation by Coautocatalysis 73
10. Chapter 6. Prothrombin Activation and Tissue Procoagulants 102
11. Chapter 7. Prothrombin and Accessory Factors 124
12. Chapter 8. Prothrombin and Platelet Cofactors 145
13. Chapter 9. Prothrombin Activation and Lipids 186
14. Chapter 10. Prothrombin Activation and Ac-Globulin 213
15. Chapter 11. Prothrombin Activation and Platelets 250
16. Chapter 12. Inactivation of Thrombin 285
17. Chapter 13. Fibrinogen: Principal Substrate of Thrombin 320
18. Chapter 14. A Comprehensive Perspective 338
19. Chapter 15. Anticoagulants 362
20. Chapter 16. The Nature of Thrombin 382
21. Chapter 17. Thrombin and the Formation of Fibrin 444
22. Chapter 18. Thrombin and Clot Retraction 466
23. Chapter 19. Prothrombin Activation and Calcium Ions 490
24. Chapter 20. Prothrombin and Vitamin Κ 497
25. Chapter 21. Prothrombin and Oral Anticoagulants 516
26. Chapter 22. Prothrombin and Selected Hemorrhagic Diseases 535
27. Chapter 23. Immunochemistry of Prothrombin and Thrombin 569
28. Chapter 24. Thrombin as Hemostatic Agent 581
29. Chapter 25. Prothrombin from Molecular to Higher Integration 594
30. Chapter 26. Postscript: Prothrombin and Autoprothrombin C 608
31. Appendix. Half a Century before Prothrombin 615
32. Notes 635
33. References 659
34. Index 715