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Reports from Royal Women's Hospital add new data to research in blood proteins

Published in Blood Weekly, May 27th, 2010

New research, 'Altered reference ranges for protein C and protein S during early pregnancy: Implications for the diagnosis of protein C and protein S deficiency during pregnancy,' is the subject of a report. According to a study from Parkville, Australia, "Protein S, protein C and antithrombin are important regulators of coagulation. While deficiencies of these proteins have been linked to adverse pregnancy outcomes, testing for these deficiencies during pregnancy is limited by the use of non-pregnant reference ranges and a limited understanding of the changes that occur during pregnancy."

"Although several small studies have previously reported on the activity of these...

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