Detection of Factor XIII deficiency

Detection of Factor XIII deficiency: data from multicentre exercises amongst UK NEQAS and PRO-RBDD project laboratories.

Jennings I, Kitchen S, Menegatti M, Palla R, Walker I, Makris M, Peyvandi F. Int J Lab Hematol. 2017 Aug;39(4):350-358. doi: 10.1111/ijlh.12633. Epub 2017 Apr 13. PMID: 28406553
RESULTS: Results were returned from 98 UK NEQAS BC and 28 PRO-RBDD centres. Up to 40% of UK NEQAS BC and 52% of PRO-RBDD centres reported clot solubility results - with diagnostic errors by two NEQAS BC centres (false negatives for the FXIII deficient sample) and on …