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Fibrinogen Saint-Germain I: a case of the heterozygous Aalpha GLY 12 --> VAL fibrinogen variant.
Blood coagulation & fibrinolysis : an international journal in haemostasis and thrombosis - 1 Mar 2002
Mathonnet F, Peltier J Y, Detruit H, de Raucourt E, Alvarez J C, Mazmanian G M, de Mazancourt P
Abstract excerpt
A fibrinogen variant was suspected based on the results of routine coagulation tests in a 2-year-old asymptomatic child. Coagulation studies showed marked prolongation of both the thrombin and reptilase times, and discrepancy was noted between the level of plasma fibrinogen as measured by a kinetic versus immunological determination. Family studies revealed that the father beared the same abnormality. Studies of...
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