A burden scale is described that is conceptually specific by concentrating on an assessment of different aspects of distress of care-giving burden and conceptually sensitive by distinguishing two dimensions: the relationship of the carer and the care-receiver and the limitations in the personal life …

The specific fibrinolytic properties of both high molecular weight (55 kd) and low molecular weight (30 kd) pro-urokinase from a monkey kidney cell culture were evaluated in a plasma clot lysis system and compared with those of human urokinase. The system was composed of a radiolabelled plasma clot immersed …