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- APTT Reference Faomhadh an téarma seo mar chuid de Thionscadal Lex
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- APTT | aPTT | partial thromboplastin time | activated partial thromboplastin time | thromboplastin time
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- Definition performance indicator measuring the efficacy of both the "intrinsic" (now referred to as the contact activation pathway) and the common coagulation pathways Reference Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partial_thromboplastin_time [17.12.2010]
- Comment Apart from detecting abnormalities in blood clotting, it is also used to monitor the treatment effects with heparin, a major anticoagulant. It is used in conjunction with the prothrombin time (PT) [ IATE:1074869 ] which measures the extrinsic pathway