A 55-year-old woman with an unprovoked DVT has a persistently prolonged APTT that does not correct on mixing. Lupus anticoagulant is suspected. Accord...

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A 55-year-old woman with an unprovoked DVT has a persistently prolonged APTT that does not correct on mixing. Lupus anticoagulant is suspected. According to NICE, this finding is most commonly associated with which condition?

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Antiphospholipid syndrome

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Antithrombin III deficiency

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Acute promyelocytic leukaemia

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Von Willebrand disease

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Haemophilia A

MCQ (SBA): Antiphospholipid syndrome

A 55-year-old woman with an unprovoked DVT has a persistently prolonged APTT that does not correct on mixing. Lupus anticoagulant is suspected. According to NICE, this finding is most commonly associated with which condition?