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Hepatic Vein Thrombosis Learning Center

Prescribed Medications
Sometimes, anti-clotting drugs such as urokinase can be used for patients with a sudden onset of clotting in the veins of the liver. These drugs do not seem to work when the clots have become established.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
UROKINASE (yoor uh KAHY neys) breaks-up blood clots. It is used to treat large blood clots formed in the lungs.
Source:GOLD
Thrombolytic agent; plasminogen activator isolated from human neonatal kidney cell cultures.
Source:AHFS
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