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Acute renal artery and vein thrombosis after renal transplant, associated with a short partial thromboplastin time and factor V Leiden mutation.
Annals of clinical and laboratory science - 1 Jan 2000
Guirguis N, Budisavljevic M N, Self S, Rajagopalan P R, Lazarchick J
Abstract excerpt
Renal graft thrombosis is a rare but devastating complication of renal transplantation. It accounts for one-third to one-half of early graft losses. We report a patient with acute renal artery and vein thrombosis associated with abnormally short activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) and factor V Leiden mutation. Vascular thrombosis developed on the ninth post-transplant day and led to a graft loss. Before...
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