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Heparin vs Midkine - What's the difference?

heparin | midkine |

As nouns the difference between heparin and midkine

is that heparin is (medicine|carbohydrate) a glycosaminoglycan, originally isolated from liver cells, now made synthetically for medical use, used as an anticoagulant while midkine is a basic heparin-binding growth factor of low molecular weight.

heparin

English

(wikipedia heparin)

Noun

  • (medicine, carbohydrate) A glycosaminoglycan, originally isolated from liver cells, now made synthetically for medical use, used as an anticoagulant

    • Derived terms

    * heparinize * heparinized

    midkine

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A basic heparin-binding growth factor of low molecular weight

    • Synonyms

    *MK *MDK

    See also

    *(wikipedia "midkine")