Congenital afibrinogenemia

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Congenital afibrinogenemia
Classification and external resources
ICD-10 D65.
ICD-9 286.3
OMIM 202400
DiseasesDB 307
MedlinePlus 001313
eMedicine ped/3042 
MeSH D000347

Congenital afibrinogenemia is a rare inherited blood disorder in which the blood does not clot normally due to a lack of or a malfunction involving fibrinogen, a protein necessary for coagulation. [1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Neerman-Arbez M, de Moerloose P (2007). "Mutations in the fibrinogen gene cluster accounting for congenital afibrinogenemia: an update and report of 10 novel mutations". Hum. Mutat. 28 (6): 540–53. doi:10.1002/humu.20483. PMID 17295221.