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Prospective evaluation of hemostatic system activation and thrombin potential in healthy pregnant women with and without factor V Leiden.
Thrombosis and haemostasis - 1 Oct 1999
Eichinger S, Weltermann A, Philipp K, Hafner E, Kaider A, Kittl E M, Brenner B, Mannhalter C, Lechner K, Kyrle P A
Abstract excerpt
Normal pregnancy is associated with alterations of the hemostatic system towards a hypercoagulable state and an increased risk of venous thromboembolism. The risk of venous thrombosis is higher in pregnant women with factor V Leiden (FVL) than in those with wildtype factor V. Routine laboratory assays are not useful to detect hypercoagulable conditions. A prospective and systematic evaluation of hemostatic system...
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