Mesenteric infarction due to combined protein C deficiency and prothrombin 20210 defects.

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The prothrombin gene mutation, 20210A, a guanine to adenine substitution at nucleotide position 20210, has recently been described as an additional risk factor for venous thromboembolic disease. We describe the case of a patient with combined heterozygous prothrombin 20210A mutation and type 1 protein C deficiency who presented with massive mesenteric venous infarction of his small bowel and survived following...

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