Effect of liver damage on the level of coagulation factor II, X and VII in human and bovine plasma.
The thrombin generation test using thromboplastin reagent and synthetic substrate for thrombin and determination of factors II, X and VII using chromogenic substrates were applied to bovine and human plasma from objects with liver disease. The liver damage was accompanied with a lowering of the concentration of at least one factor of the extrinsic pathway of prothrombin activation. Use of some of these methods for laboratory diagnosis of liver damage is proposed.
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