TH Open (Jul 2023)

Levels of Fibrinogen Variants Are Altered in Severe COVID-19

  • de Vries de Vries,
  • Visser Visser,
  • van Ommen van Ommen,
  • Rokx Rokx,
  • van Nood van Nood,
  • van Gorp van Gorp,
  • Goeijenbier Goeijenbier,
  • van den Akker van den Akker,
  • Endeman Endeman,
  • Rijken Rijken,
  • Kruip Kruip,
  • Weggeman Weggeman,
  • Koopman Koopman,
  • de Maat de Maat

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2102-4521
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 07, no. 03
pp. e217 – e225

Abstract

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Background Fibrinogen variants as a result of alternative messenger RNA splicing or protein degradation can affect fibrin(ogen) functions. The levels of these variants might be altered during coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), potentially affecting disease severity or the thrombosis risk.

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