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Diagnosis strategies in activated protein C resistance: is genotyping still necessary?
Clinical and laboratory haematology - 1 Mar 1997
Biron C, Lamarti H, Schved J F, Jeanjean P, Masmejean C, Claustres M, Aguilar-Martinez P
Abstract excerpt
Resistance to activated protein C (APC) is due, in most cases, to a G to A mutation at nucleotide 1691 of factor V (FV) gene (the Leiden mutation). This inherited abnormality is now considered to be the major hereditary cause associated with an elevated risk of thrombosis. For this reason, laboratories are faced with an increasing number of samples referred for APC resistance diagnosis. This could have serious...
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