Non-parallelism in the one-stage coagulation factor assay is a phenomenon of lupus anticoagulants and not of individual factor inhibitors

Janneke Ruinemans-Koerts; Ingrid Peterse-Stienissen; Bert Verbruggen

doi:10.1160/TH09-12-0812

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Inhaltsverzeichnis

Thromb Haemost 2010; 104(05): 1080-1082
DOI: 10.1160/TH09-12-0812

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Non-parallelism in the one-stage coagulation factor assay is a phenomenon of lupus anticoagulants and not of individual factor inhibitors

Janneke Ruinemans-Koerts

¹Laboratory of Clinical Chemistry and Haematology, Rijnstate Hospital, Arnhem, The Netherlands

,

Ingrid Peterse-Stienissen

²Department of Laboratory Medicine, Laboratory of Haematology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

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Bert Verbruggen

²Department of Laboratory Medicine, Laboratory of Haematology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

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