Exogenous Magnesium Chloride Reduces the Activated Partial Thromboplastin Times of Lupus Anticoagulant-Positive Patients.

The activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT) assay is a basic hemostatic assay based on the time it takes for clots to form in plasma samples after the addition of calcium chloride. It is used to screen for various coagulation disorders. Several previous reports have suggested that magnesium (Mg...

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Main Authors: Takayoshi Tokutake, Hisami Baba, Yuji Shimada, Wataru Takeda, Keijiro Sato, Yuki Hiroshima, Takehiko Kirihara, Ikuo Shimizu, Hideyuki Nakazawa, Hikaru Kobayashi, Fumihiro Ishida
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4927146?pdf=render