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The Specific Assay of Prothrombin Using the Taipan Snake Venom

K. W. E. Denson, R. Borrett, Rosemary Biggs

British Journal of Haematology · 1971 · 121 citations · 13 references

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Abstract

S ummary . A simple one‐stage assay for the measurement of prothrombin employing the Taipan snake venom is described. The venom converts prothrombin to thrombin in the absence of all other known clotting factors.

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A simple, specific one-stage prothrombin assay using Russell's viper venom in cephalin suspension.

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