Abstract:Waldenstrom’s macroglobulinemia sometimes involves hemostatic disorders. It has been assumed that this may be due to interaction of the myeloma protein with soom blood coagulation factor(s). In the present investigation the sera of seven myeloma patients were studied for a possible interaction between the myeloma protein and clotting factors II, VIM, IX and XI.Normal human plasma was incubated for 30 mi η at 37°C with different dilutions of patients’ serum or of purified myeloma proteins. The ability of this m… Show more
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