title: A tale of two anticoagulants: warfarin and heparin.
abstract: This article relays the story of 3 men, Karl Paul Link, who is the discoverer of warfarin, and William Henry Howell and Jay McLean, who are the discoverers of heparin.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, UPMC Mercy Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219, USA. copelandc@upmc.edu
authors.forename: Charles E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Copeland
authors.forename: Cheryl K
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Six
mesh_terms: D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000266:history*; D006493:Heparin / Q000266:history*; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D014481:United States; D014859:Warfarin / Q000266:history*
chemical_list: D000925:Anticoagulants; D014859:Warfarin; D006493:Heparin