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Association between polymorphisms in the fibrinogen alpha- and beta-genes on the post-trauma fibrinogen increase.
Thrombosis research - 1 Dec 1998
Ferrer-Antunes C, de Maat M P, Palmeiro A, Pimentel J, Fernandes V
Abstract excerpt
Fibrinogen is an acute phase reactant, and therefore its plasma levels increase after severe injury. Polymorphisms in the fibrinogen alpha and beta genes have been found to be associated with plasma levels of fibrinogen, and it has also been suggested that they are associated with the fibrinogen increase in acute phase situations. In forty-five consecutive patients admitted to the Intensive Care Unit after acute...
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