Laboratory Procedures

Ellagic?acid clotting time utilizes liquid purified soy and rabbit brain?phosphatides?with plasma activator.?This results to an activated partial?thromboplastin?reagent with increased sensitivity t...

The?Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (ESR)?test is used to detect and monitor inflammation and ro?ghly estimate its intensity.??This test measures how rapidly red blood cells settle at the bottom of ...

The determination of Factor IX is important in the diagnosis of consumption coagulopathy, hepatic cirrhosis and to achieve more precise monitoring of oral anticoagulant therapy.

Declining coagulation factor V activity is a more specific marker of liver disease. The factor V activity assay, performed in conjunction with the factor VII assay, may be used to distinguish liver...

The determination of the coagulation activity of Factor VIII and IX is employed for monitoring substitution therapy with Factors VIII and IX concentrates in hemophilia A or B.

Factor V Leidenis a coagulation test for the determination of the anticoagulatory capacity of the Protein C system in human plasma and is used to diagnose hereditary or acquired deficiency states o...

FDPs, including D-dimer, become elevated and interfere with normal fibrin formation. This combination of events sets loose a series of toxic and inflammatory processes. This assay is particularly u...

Fibrinogen level aids in the detection of increased or decreased fibrinogen concentration of acquired or congenital origin. It is also used in monitoring severity and treatment of disseminated intr...

The Ham?s test is the definitive diagnostic test for Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria (PNH). PNH is an acquired clonal stem cell disorder characterized by the production of abnormal erythrocytes...