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View Post: Plasma Fibrinogen Levels and Prognosis in Patients with Ovarian ...
23 Oct 2009 by Polterauer, S., Grimm, C., Seebacher, V.,...  
The mean (standard deviation) pretherapeutic plasma fibrinogen level was 450.0 (150.1) mg/dl. Elevated plasma fibrinogen levels were associated with advanced tumor stage (p = .01) and the presence of a postoperative residual tumor mass ...
View Blog: The Oncologist current issue - http://theoncologist.alphamedpress.org/

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View Post: Feeding Acutely Stimulates Fibrinogen Synthesis in Healthy Young ...
20 Oct 2009 by Caso, G., Mileva, I., Kelly, P., Ahn, H.,...  
Fibrinogen is a positive acute-phase protein and its hepatic synthesis is enhanced following inflammation and injury. However, it is not clear whether fibrinogen synthesis is also responsive to oral nutrients and whether the response to ...
View Blog: Journal of Nutrition current issue - http://jn.nutrition.org/

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View Post: Peripheral Levels of Fibrinogen, C-Reactive Protein, and Plasma ...
14 Oct 2009 by Marioni, RE, Stewart, MC, Murray, GD, Deary,...  
Objective: To determine whether circulating levels of the biomarkers C-reactive protein (CRP), fibrinogen, plasma viscosity, and hematocrit were associated with cognitive decline in middle-aged to elderly people. ...
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View Post: Prolyl 4-Hydroxylation of α-Fibrinogen — JBC
9 Oct 2009 by Ono, M., Matsubara, J., Honda, K., Sakuma,...  
Here, we describe successful detection of novel prolyl hydroxylation of α-fibrinogen using 2DICAL, based on comparison of plasma samples of 38 pancreatic cancer patients and 39 healthy subjects. Using a newly generated monoclonal ...
View Blog: Journal of Biological Chemistry current issue - http://www.jbc.org/

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View Post: Fibrinogen concentrate substitution therapy in patients with ...
25 Sep 2008 by Fenger-Eriksen, C., Lindberg-Larsen, M.,...  
It has been reported that plasma fibrinogen concentrations may reach a critical low level relatively early during bleeding, calling for replacement fibrinogen therapy. Cryoprecipitate has been widely used in the past, but more recently, ...
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View Post: » Fibrinogen Concentrate
15 hours ago by GeorgeFritsma  
Margaret G. Fritsma, MA (ASCP) SBB came home from the October 2009 American Association of Blood Banks (AABB) annual meeting in New Orleans with information of a new fibrinogen concentrate, RiaSTAP®, available from CSL Behring, ...
View Blog: Untitled - http://www.fritsmafactor.com/newfritsmafactor/

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View Post: Inflammation and Heart Disease
2 Nov 2009 by rockpolaris  
Scientific studies have increased the negative impact of the total documented cholesterol, low-density lipids (LDL), decreased high-density lipids (HDL), homocysteine, fibrinogen, oxidative stress, elevated C-reactive protein (CRP), ...
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