Improved in vitro method, kits and reagents for screening for blood coagulation defects

摘要

In vitro photometric method for qualitative screening and quantitative determination of the functional activity of components of the Protein C anti-coagulant pathway of blood coagulation, comprising measuring the conversion rate of an exogenous substrate by an enzyme, the activity of which is related to the Protein C anticoagulant activity, in a blood sample of a human comprising coagulation factors and said exogenous substrate after at least partial activation of coagulation through the intrinsic, extrinsic or common pathway and triggering coagulation by adding calcium ions; and comparing said conversion rate with the conversion rate of a normal human blood sample determined in the same way, comprising adding further metal(s) ions to said sample; kits and reagents for use in said method.