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Researchers at University Hospital have published new data on women's health

Published in Blood Weekly, June 11th, 2009

According to recent research from Lyon, France, "We analysed changes in coagulation during normal pregnancy with a novel point-of-care device based on thrombelastometry (ROTEM (R))."

"We compared the results obtained with those of standard coagulation tests in 104 patients: 20 non-pregnant women (controls) and 84 women in the first (T 1, n=17), second (T2, n=9) and third (T3, n=58) trimesters of pregnancy," wrote C. Huissoud and colleagues, University Hospital.

The researchers concluded: "We measured the clotting time (CT), the maximum clot firmness (MCF), the early clot amplitude at 5 and 15 minutes (CA(5), CA(15)) and the clot lysis index (CLI30)...

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