Adjective modifier

• soluble: Explain how blood clots by platelets producing thrombin, which converts soluble fibrinogen into insoluble fibrin.

• e.g.: The distended capillaries allow large molecules e.g. fibrinogen, red blood cells, to escape into the interstitial spaces.

Converse of object

• convert: Explain how blood clots by platelets producing thrombin, which converts soluble fibrinogen into insoluble fibrin.

• include: These proteins include fibrinogen, serum amyloid A, caeruloplasmin, C-reactive protein, haptoglobin and several others.

• call: In blood plasma there is a specific protein called fibrinogen.

• lower: Raloxifene significantly lowered fibrinogen by 12 % to 14 % ( P.001 ), unlike HRT, which had no effect.

Preposition: into

• fibrin: Explain how blood clots by platelets producing thrombin, which converts soluble fibrinogen into insoluble fibrin.

Modifies a noun

• concentration: This method is independent of the fibrinogen concentration of the sample at the usual fibrinogen levels.

• level: Certain changes were introduced which might be relevant to the estimation of fibrinogen levels.

• response: Fibrinogen responses to acute stress did not differ across employment grades.

• assay: The two fibrinogen assays were carried out by two different laboratories.

• genotype: Results: Distribution of the fibrinogen genotype was similar across the disease and healthy groups.

• degradation: However elevation of fibrin and fibrinogen degradation products ( FDPs ) in the last few days prior to abruption have been detected.

Noun used with modifier

• plasma: A randomized controlled trial to investigate the effect of a high fiber diet on blood pressure and plasma fibrinogen.

• nephelometric: Increasing levels of leisure activity were inversely associated with D-dimer, von Willebrand factor, nephelometric fibrinogen, and viscosity.

• blood: Exercise reduces blood fibrinogen levels, and therefore the risk of heart attack.