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• n  a protein in blood plasma that is the inactive precursor of thrombin

• Therefore Vitamin K, the prothrombin stimulator, mightjust possiblykeep animals from getting hydrocarbon cancers.
• Their blood, he found, contained very little prothrombin, a blood element necessary for clotting.
• In one lab, "a ridiculous apartment kitchenette," a Schaeffer inspection team discovered a technician conducting prothrombin time testssensitive measurements of the blood's .

• factor II

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• How to stop bleeding in the ER caused by warfarin
  ( American College of Emergency Physicians ) Prothrombin complex concentrates (PCCs) are faster and more effective than fresh frozen plasma at reversing hemorrhage caused by the anti-coagulant warfarin, despite plasma being the most commonly used therapy. A literature review published last month in Annals of Emergency Medicine suggests that physicians in the United States should join those ...
  Aug. 2, 2013 - EurekAlert!