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Prevalence of factor V Leiden in patients with retinal vein occlusion.
Acta ophthalmologica Scandinavica - 1 Dec 1999
Demirci F Y, Güney D B, Akarçay K, Kir N, Ozbek U, Sirma S, Unaltuna N, Ongör E
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PURPOSE: Factor V Leiden mutation is a common genetic defect associated with a tendency to venous thrombosis. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of factor V Leiden in patients with retinal vein occlusion (RVO). METHODS: Blood samples were obtained from fifty RVO patients and were tested for factor V Leiden using DNA analysis. Twenty-three patients had central RVO (CRVO), twenty-five had branch...
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