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BECAUSE of its use in blood transfusion as a substitute for plasma1, the interaction of dextran with plasma proteins is of considerable interest. The present communication reports an apparently nonspecific interaction of dextran with fibrinogen.
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Bull, J. P., Ricketts, C., Squire, J. R., Maycock, W. d'A., Spooner, S. J. L., Mollison, P. L., and Patterson, J. C. S., Lancet, i, 134 (1949).
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RICKETTS, C. Interaction of Dextran and Fibrinogen. Nature 169, 970 (1952). https://doi.org/10.1038/169970a0
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