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Indicate whether the following are: regulatory, procoagulant, or anticoagulant.

What coagulation screening test is the most sensitive for detecting mild liver disease?

Which of the following single-factor inherited deficiencies is the most common cause for hemophilia?

The term used to describe platelets sticking to each other is:

VWF binds platelets:

________________ plays a role in fibrinolysis by slowly digesting fibrin to restore blood flow.

A 39-year-old male patient shows evidence of poor wound healing and a history of joint bleeding. What protein deficiency is most likely present?

von Willebrand factor requires glycoprotein GP IIb/IIIa to bind to platelets as the “von willebrand carpet”.

Concentration of patient von willebrand factor may have to be repeat tested until consistent due to the fluctuations caused by factors such as inflammation, hormones, and even stress.

Platelets binding to other platelets is called aggregation and it is an IRREVERSIBLE step of primary coagulation.