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. 2014 Aug 14;371(7):685-6.
doi: 10.1056/NEJMc1405664.

Activated protein C resistance assay and factor V Leiden

Florian Prüller  1 , Eva-Christine Weiss, Reinhard B Raggam, Mila Cervar-Zivkovic, Wilfried Renner, Jasmin Wagner, Simon Michaelis, Winfried März, Harald Mangge
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Activated protein C resistance assay and factor V Leiden

Florian Prüller et al. N Engl J Med. .

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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