THROMBOPLASTIN GENERATION ACCELERATOR, A NEWLY RECOGNIZED COMPONENT OF THE BLOOD COAGULATION MECHANISM PRESENT IN EXCESS IN CERTAIN THROMBOTIC STATES*

Abstract

excessive amount of coagulative activity which resides with the globulins in normal human plasma. We have designated this protein "thromboplastin generation accelerator," or simply "TGA," be- cause its activity seems to lie in the thromboplastin generation phase of clotting.