Patients with ischemic stroke and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) have elevated fibrinogen levels, which correlate positively with apnea severity, suggest Wessendorf et al in a paper published in the ...

The findings, published in Scientific Reports, indicate that FAGR proved to be a significant predictor of all-cause and ...

Elevated fibrinogen levels and a prothrombotic state. All of these factors increase the patients' risk of developing heart disease and type 2 diabetes mellitus. Given the insidious onset of ...

Fibrinogen is a glycoprotein that circulates at a high concentration in blood and initially mediates platelet aggregation. Later in clot formation it is converted to fibrin, which in turn is ...

The 8 subclinical markers (in 3 domains) assessed were: inflammation (blood levels of high-sensitivity C-reactive protein [hs-CRP] and interleukin-6 [IL-6]); thrombosis (blood levels of fibrinogen and ...

Grifols is gearing up to file for approval of a drug for rare bleeding disorder acquired fibrinogen deficiency (AFD) that could provide a more reliable and easier treatment for patients.