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Whole blood screening test for factor V Leiden using a Russell viper venom time-based assay.
American journal of clinical pathology - 1 Apr 1998
Akhtar M S, Blair A J, King T C, Sweeney J D
Abstract excerpt
Factor V Leiden (FVR506Q) is a genetic defect in the factor V (FV) molecule that confers resistance to proteolysis by activated protein C (APC) and is the most common abnormality detected in patients studied for hereditary thrombophilia. The initial screening test for this abnormality was a comparison of the activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT) in the presence and absence of APC, expressed as a ratio. But...
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