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Thromboplastin (TPL) is
derived from cell
membranes and is a
mixture of both
phospholipids and
tissue factor,
neither of
which are enzymes. Thromboplastin...
- The
partial thromboplastin time (PTT), also
known as the
activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT or APTT), is a
blood test that
characterizes coagulation...
- the
initiation of
thrombin formation from the
zymogen prothrombin.
Thromboplastin defines the
cascade that
leads to the
activation of
factor X—the tissue...
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Factor XI, or
plasma thromboplastin antecedent, is the
zymogen form of
factor XIa, one of the
enzymes involved in coagulation. Like many
other coagulation...
-
Haemophilia C (also
known as
plasma thromboplastin antecedent (PTA)
deficiency or
Rosenthal syndrome) is a mild form of
haemophilia affecting both ****es...
-
determine the
cause of
prolongation of
Prothrombin Time (PT),
Partial Thromboplastin Time, or
sometimes of
thrombin time (TT).
Mixing studies take advantage...
- factor). PT is
often used in
conjunction with the
activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT)
which measures the
intrinsic pathway and
common pathway...
-
initiated by gl****, the
intrinsic pathway; or
clotting was
initiated by
thromboplastin (a mix of
tissue factor and phospholipids), the
extrinsic pathway. Further...
- does not
contain any
clotting factors such as fibrinogen, prothrombin,
thromboplastin and many others.
Serum includes all
proteins not used in coagulation...
- hemophilia, hemorrhage, and sickle-cell anemia.
Prothrombin time and
partial thromboplastin time
blood tests are
useful to
investigate the
reason behind the excessive...
