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The activated partial thromboplastin time may not reveal even severe fibrinogen deficiency

  • Anders Abildgaard ORCID logo and Anne-Mette Hvas

Corresponding author: Anders Abildgaard, MD, PhD, Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Aarhus University Hospital, Palle Juul-Jensens Boulevard 99, 8200Aarhus N, Denmark, E-mail:

  1. Research funding: None declared.

  2. Author contributions: All authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this manuscript and approved its submission.

  3. Competing interests: Authors state no conflict of interest.

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Received: 2020-10-31
Accepted: 2021-01-14
Published Online: 2021-01-28
Published in Print: 2021-06-25

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