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Fibrinogen Clauss and prothrombin time derived method ratio can differentiate dysfibrinogenemia from
Meiling Luo1, Liqun Xiang1, Jie Yan1
1Department of Clinical Laboratory, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, China.
Thrombosis Research
|August 14, 2020
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