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Thromb Haemost 1979; 41(02): 309-313
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1646650
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Kinetic Aspects of the Interaction of Blood Clotting Enzymes

VIII. The Relation between Clotting Time and Clotting Velocity
H C Hemker
Department of Biochemistry, State University Limburg, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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J Kop
Department of Biochemistry, State University Limburg, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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G M Willems
Department of Biochemistry, State University Limburg, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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Received 12 December 1977

Accepted 15 March 1978

Publication Date:
09 July 2018 (online)

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It is shown that in a system where thrombin acts on fibrinogen, the clotting time can be used to assess coagulation velocity because clotting time and clotting velocity are inversely proportional.