Consumption of fibrinolytic proteins in menstrual fluid from women with normal menstrual blood loss

Abstract

Fibrinolytic proteins in menstrual fluid collected from women with normal menstrual blood loss (<80 ml) were found to be completely exhausted. High levels of t-issue plasminogen activator, fibrin(ogen) degradation products, and plasmin-inhibitor complexes were present, but little fibrinolytically active plasmin remained. No difference was observed between days 1 and 2 of menstruation.