Pathophysiology
1. Abnormal Fibrinogen
2. Usually results in bleeding
3. Has been associated with thrombosis
  1. Plasmin unable to cleave due to size

Dysfibrinogenemia (C1260903)
Concepts	Disease or Syndrome (T047)
SnomedCT	111589005
English	Dysfibrinogenemia, NOS, dysfibrinogenaemia, dysfibrinogenemias, Dysfibrinogenaemia, Dysfibrinogenemia, Dysfibrinogenemia (disorder), dysfibrinogenemia
Spanish	disfibrinogenemia (trastorno), disfibrinogenemia
Sources	Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System)

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