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Inherited resistance to activated protein C, a major cause of venous thrombosis, is due to a mutation in the factor V gene.
Haemostasis - 1 Jan 2000
Dahlbäck B
Abstract excerpt
Our laboratory recently found a novel mechanism for thrombophilia, which is characterized by an inherited resistance to activated protein C (APC). The APC-resistance test, which measures the anticoagulant response to APC in an activated partial thromboplasin time (APTT) reaction, was devised and used to screen a cohort of consecutive thrombosis patients. APC-resistance was found in approximately 40% of the cases....
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