Stypven time test

Stypven time test
a prothrombin test similar to the (one-stage) prothrombin time, but performed with Russell's viper venom (Stypven) as the thromboplastic agent; useful in defining deficiencies of blood coagulation factor X. Called also Russell's viper venom t. or time and Stypven time.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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