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Clinical significance of activated protein C resistance as a potential marker for hypercoagulable state.
Thrombosis research - 1 May 1996
Sakata T, Kario K, Katayama Y, Matsuyama T, Kato H, Miyata T
Abstract excerpt
The activated protein C (APC)-resistance test is a simple and reliable method for detecting reduced sensitivity to the anticoagulant action of this protein. We investigated the sensitivity to APC in 180 Japanese controls and in 96 Japanese patients with venous and arterial thrombosis (28 with deep vein thrombosis; 13 with pulmonary thromboembolism; 41 with cerebral infarction; and 14 with coronary artery...
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