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. 2023 Feb;38(2):525-529.
doi: 10.1007/s11606-022-07971-x. Epub 2022 Nov 28.

Coagulation Conundrum: an Exercise in Clinical Reasoning

F Will Pohlman  1 , Daniel J Minter  2 , Hayley E Cunningham  3 , Katherine DiNardo  3 , Oluwatoyosi A Onwuemene  4
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Coagulation Conundrum: an Exercise in Clinical Reasoning

F Will Pohlman et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2023 Feb.
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Figure 1
A schematic representation of the coagulation cascade, delineating active factors of the intrinsic, extrinsic, and common pathways. (Roman numerals represent numbered coagulation factors; a indicates activated). aPTT, activated partial thromboplastin time; Ca2+, calcium; HK, high molecular weight kininogen; PK, prekallikrein; PT, prothrombin time; TF, tissue factor.
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