TY - JOUR T1 - Dysfibrinogenaemia and liver cell growth. JF - Journal of Clinical Pathology JO - J Clin Pathol SP - 89 LP - 92 DO - 10.1136/jcp.31.1.89 VL - 31 IS - 1 AU - R D Barr AU - M Allardyce AU - P W Brunt AU - J L McPhie Y1 - 1978/01/01 UR - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/31/1/89.abstract N2 - From the evidence presented, it is proposed that 'dysfibrinogenaemia' represents the production of normal fetal fibrinogen by rapidly proliferating liver cells in both regenerating and neoplastic tissue. Prolongation of the reptilase clotting time, which was formerly believed to reflect dysfibrinogenaemia, may be rather the result of hepatocytic death. ER -