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See Latest ArticlesThe utility of the Taipan snake venom assay in assessing lupus anticoagulant status in individuals receiving or not receiving an oral vitamin K antagonist
Blood Coagulation & Fibrinolysis, 06/19/09
Parmar K et al. - TSVT is a specific but insensitive assay for the lupus anticoagulant in individuals not receiving oral vitamin K antagonists, when assessed against the dRVVT as the gold standard. It can be argued that despite the TSVT's poor sensitivity in patients taking oral vitamin K antagonists, its high specificity and positive predictive value make it a preferable assay to the dRVVT to diagnose lupus anticoagulant in this group.
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