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Factor V Leiden and antibodies against phospholipids and protein S in a young woman with recurrent thromboses and abortion.
Haematologica - 1 Jan 1999
España F, Villa P, Mira Y, Grancha S, Royo M, Estellés A, Vayá A, Aznar J
Abstract excerpt
We describe the case of a 39-year-old woman who suffered two iliofemoral venous thromboses, a cerebral ischemic infarct and recurrent fetal loss. Initial studies showed high levels of antiphospholipid antibodies (APAs) and a moderate thrombocytopenia. After her second miscarriage, laboratory diagnosis revealed that the woman was heterozygous for the factor V Leiden mutation and had a functional protein S...
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