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. 1993 Dec 11;307(6918):1562–1563. doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6918.1562-d

Routine measurement of fibrinogen concentration. Fibrinogen may be just a marker.

R J Jay
PMCID: PMC1679551  PMID: 8274937

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