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What is prothrombin?
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Clotting factor: When activated, prothrombin becomes thrombin, which among other effects turns fibrinogen into the stick for fibrin to create a molecular meshwork that will become the basis for the scab. Protrombin time is a conventional name for one assay of the ability of the clotting factors (not platelets) to keep blood in the vessels.
Answered 7/22/2012
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