Tubes containing soybean trypsin inhibitor and thrombin are used to collect specimens for:

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Tubes containing soybean trypsin inhibitor and thrombin are used to collect specimens for fibrin degradation products as the soybean trypsin inhibitor inhibits the activity of proteases, which can interfere with the measurement of fibrin degradation products, and thrombin is used to rapidly activate the coagulation cascade and generate fibrin degradation products from any existing blood clots in the specimen.

Tubes Containing Soybean Trypsin Inhibitor and Thrombin Are Used to Collect