Disease or Syndrome
afibrinogenemia
Subclass of:
Blood Coagulation Disorders, Inherited; Coagulation Protein Disorders; Hemorrhagic Disorders
Definitions related to afibrinogenemia:
  • A blood coagulation disorder characterized by the complete absence of fibrinogen in the blood, resulting in bleeding.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • A deficiency or absence of FIBRINOGEN in the blood.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • Deficiency or absence of fibrinogen (coagulation factor I) in the blood.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • Afibrinogenemia, sometimes called congenital afibrinogenemia, is an inherited blood disorder in which the blood does not clot normally. It occurs when there is a lack (deficiency) of a protein called fibrinogen (or coagulation factor I), which is needed for the blood to clot. Affected individuals may be susceptible to severe bleeding...
    NIH Genetic and Rare Diseases
    National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
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