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Activated protein C resistance: a comparison between two clotting assays and their relationship to the presence of the factor V Leiden mutation.
British journal of haematology - 1 Jun 1996
Legnani C, Palareti G, Biagi R, Coccheri S, Bernardi F, Rosendaal F R, Reitsma P H, de Ronde H, Bertina R M
Abstract excerpt
Resistance to the anticoagulant effect of activated protein C (APC resistance), a frequent abnormality in patients with a history of venous thrombosis, is known to be due, in the large majority of cases, to the presence of an abnormal factor V: the factor V Leiden. It is reasonable to surmise that screening for this abnormality should be performed with a clotting method for APC resistance, before submitting the...
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