Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Table of Contents Thromb Haemost 1960; 4(03): 349-356DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1654517 Originalarbeiten — Original Articles — Travaux Originaux Schattauer GmbH The Inhibitory Action of Adsorbed Undiluted Plasma (normal or pathological) on the Thromboplastin Generation Test Authors Author Affiliations G Mayer 1 Coagulation Department of the Regional Transfusion Center at Strasbourg (Director: Prof. R. Waitz) S Mayer 1 Coagulation Department of the Regional Transfusion Center at Strasbourg (Director: Prof. R. Waitz) R Waitz * 1 Coagulation Department of the Regional Transfusion Center at Strasbourg (Director: Prof. R. Waitz) Recommend Article Abstract Buy Article(opens in new window) Summary In considering errors made during the search for a weak inhibitor of thromboplastin generation in a patient suffering from multiple myeloma, the authors recall the inhibitory action of adsorbed undiluted plasma added to a thromboplastin generation test. They stress the non-specificity of this inhibitory action which is common to all adsorbed plasma (normal, myelomatous or hemophilic) added undiluted to the test of Biggs and Douglas. Full Text References References (1) Biggs R, Douglas A. S. The thromboplastin generation test. J. clin. Path. 6: 23 1953; (2) Biggs R, Macfarlane R. G. Human blood coagulation and its disorders. Second edition. 416-417 Blackwell Scientific Publications; Oxford: 1957 (3) Biggs R. The inhibitory effect of haemophilic plasma. Brit. J. Haemat. 4: 192-200 1958; (4) Nour-Eldin F, Wilkinson J. F. Bridge anticoagulant: a hitherto unrecognized blood clotting inhibitor in haemophilic and Christmas disease plasma. A simple method for its demonstration. Brit. J. Haemat. 4: 38-50 1958; (5) Nour-Eldin F, Wilkinson J. F. The inhibitory effect of haemophilic plasma. Brit. J. Haemat. 4: 292-301 1958;
