Product Description
A blood test (4 Blue, 2 Purple, 2 Gold Top Vacutaines) to assess inherited and acquired tendencies to thrombophilia (clotting). The screen consists of both tests for different aspects if clotting and also gene mutations which affect clotting. This may have implications for deep venous thrombosis (DVT), pulmonary embolism (PE), fertility, recurrent miscarriage, poor placental function, growth restriction and stillbirth.
The screen includes lupus anticoagulant, anticardiolipin antibodies (IgG and IgM), prothrombin time (PT), activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT), fibrinogen, protein C, protein S, activated protein C resistance, antithrombin III activity, prothrombin mutation, factor V Leiden mutation, methatetrahhydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) mutation.
