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Phenotypic correction of activated protein C resistance following orthotopic liver transplantation.
Blood coagulation & fibrinolysis : an international journal in haemostasis and thrombosis - 1 Jan 1996
Foster P A, Varma R R
Abstract excerpt
A 43-year-old white female underwent orthotopic liver transplantation in 1992 for cirrhosis related to primary sclerosing cholangitis. Pre-transplantation protein S (PS) studies revealed a discrepancy between PS activity and free PS antigen consistent with type II PS deficiency. Since the presence of activated protein C (APC) resistance has been reported to interfere with PS activity assays resulting in an...
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