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Thrombin activatable fibrinolysis inhibitor activation and bleeding in haemophilia A.
Haemophilia : the official journal of the World Federation of Hemophilia - 1 May 2012
Foley J H, Nesheim M E, Rivard G E, Brummel-Ziedins K E
Abstract excerpt
Individuals with haemophilia A exhibit bleeding tendencies that are not always predicted by their factor (F)VIII level. It has been suggested that bleeding in haemophilia is due not only to defective prothrombin activation but also aberrant fibrinolysis. Thrombin activatable fibrinolysis inhibitor (TAFI) activation was measured in tissue factor (TF)-initiated blood coagulation in blood samples of 28 haemophiliacs...
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