Activated protein C resistance assay and factor V Leiden.

Prüller, Florian; Weiss, Eva-Christine; Raggam, Reinhard B; Cervar-Zivkovic, Mila; Renner, Wilfried; Wagner, Jasmin; Michaelis, Simon; März, Winfried et al. · N Engl J Med · 2014

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Abstract

The authors suggest that functional testing for activated protein C resistance is cheaper and more clinically relevant than genetic testing to detect a factor V Leiden mutation in identifying persons who are at risk for thromboembolism.

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