Heparin sodium

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-014082",
  "term": "Heparin sodium",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "The sodium salt form of heparin. As a glycosaminoglycan anticoagulant, heparin sodium binds to antithrombin III to form a heparin-antithrombin III complex. The complex binds to and irreversibly inactivates thrombin and other activated clotting factors IX, X, XI, and XII and prevents the transformation of fibrinogen to fibrin.",
  "synonyms": [
    "sodium heparin"
  ],
  "references": [
    "National Cancer Institute Thesaurus"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/heparin-sodium/"
}