| With the help of calcium, vitamin K, and a protein called fibrinogen, the platelets create a mesh to hold the plug in place and close the wound. |
| Clotting assays measure only the fibrinogen that is able to functionally participate in clot formation. |
| Dextrans can decrease platelet adhesiveness, serum fibrinogen, and other factor levels to cause bleeding. |
| This white, fibrous protein is made when thrombin, an enzyme found in blood, reacts with fibrinogen, a protein in blood. |
| Immunologic or antigenic fibrinogen can be quantitated by radial immunodiffusion or enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. |
| Inherited dysfibrinogenemia is caused by mutations in the coding region of the fibrinogen A, B, or gamma gene. |
