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. 1962 Apr;41(4):896–916. doi: 10.1172/JCI104546

PATHOGENESIS OF THE COAGULATION DEFECT DEVELOPING DURING PATHOLOGICAL PLASMA PROTEOLYTIC (“FIBRINOLYTIC”) STATES. I. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF FIBRINOGEN PROTEOLYSIS AND CIRCULATING FIBRINOGEN BREAKDOWN PRODUCTS*

Anthony P Fletcher 1, Norma Alkjaersig 1, Sol Sherry 1
PMCID: PMC290991  PMID: 13893560

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