PROTHROMBIN DEFICIENCY AND THE BLEEDING TENDENCY IN LIVER INJURY (CHLOROFORM INTOXICATION)
The bleeding tendency in acute chloroform intoxication is due to deficiency in both plasma fibrinogen and plasma prothrombin. If the disorder is mild, no bleeding occurs. However, the prothrombin falls to rather low levels, although the fibrinogen falls only moderately. A bleeding tendency may also...
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| Format: | Online |
| Language: | English |
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The Rockefeller University Press
1937
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2133539/ |