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spectrolyse heparin antifactor-Xa assay

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/OBI_0000808

An assay that quantitatively measures heparin in human plasma using Factor Xa and Antithrombin III in excess, where the rate of Factor Xa inhibition is directly proportional to the heparin concentration. The residual Factor Xa activity, measured with a Factor Xa-specific chromogenic substrate, is inversely proportional to the heparin concentration.

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spectrolyse heparin antifactor-Xa assay

definition source

url:http://www.kordia.nl/en/product/hemostasis/specialty_kits__reagens/598/spectrolyse_heparin_anti_xa@2009/08/06

editor preferred term

spectrolyse heparin antifactor-Xa assay

example of usage

PMID:19696660#Antifactor-Xa (anti-Xa) was determined using spectrolyse heparin (Xa) (Trinity Biotech plc, Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland).

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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/IAO_0000120

term editor

Alan Ruttenberg

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assay
has_specified_output some scalar measurement datum
has_specified_output some (is about some blood coagulation)