Overestimation of Baseline Factor IX Activity in a Patient with Mild
Hemophilia B by Soy Phosphatide-Containing aPTT Reagent in a One-Stage
Assay
Abstract
Testing and screening for factor deficiency using one-stage clotting
assays is the most prevalent methodology, but it is susceptible to
misestimating a patient’s true coagulable state due to either the clot
detection methodology or the aPTT reagents involved. In our case report,
a 16-year-old with mild hemophilia B had a normal aPTT and factor IX
activity using a new platform in the clinical laboratory. We evaluated
the impact of instrument and aPTT reagents that differed in clot
detection methodology, the activator and the source of phospholipid in
one stage assays (OSA) for FIX:C and aPTT using plasma from this
patient.