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Anti-protein C antibodies are associated with resistance to endogenous protein C activation and a severe thrombotic phenotype in antiphospholipid syndrome.
Journal of thrombosis and haemostasis : JTH - 1 Nov 2014
Arachchillage D R J, Efthymiou M, Mackie I J, Lawrie A S, Machin S J, Cohen H
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Antiphospholipid antibodies may interfere with the anticoagulant activity of activated protein C (APC) to induce acquired APC resistance (APCr). AIMS: To investigate the frequency and characteristics of APCr by using recombinant human APC (rhAPC) and endogenous protein C activation in antiphospholipid syndrome (APS). METHODS: APCr was assessed in APS and non-APS venous thromboembolism (VTE) patients...
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