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Clotting factors

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Clotting factors
Substances in the blood that act in sequence to stop bleeding by forming a clot.

clotting factors,
n.pl the chemical and cellular constituents of the blood responsible for the conversion of fibrinogen into a mesh of insoluble fibrin causing the blood to coagulate or clot.

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Consider the intense demand for plasma, the clear liquid portion of blood that contains therapeutic molecules such as clotting factors and albumin, a protein regularly used to treat shock and other conditions.
concluded that the imbalance of clotting factors and other blood proteins induced by marathon running may trigger a cardiac event.
 
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