The thrombin time is a measure of the rate of conversion of fibrinogen to fibrin when thrombin has been introduced; i.e. it measures haemostatically active fibrinogen. This test is abnormal, i.e. prolonged, in:
Correction of the thrombin time by adding protamine implies that the prolongation was the result of heparin or fibrin degradation products.
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