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Prevalence of factor V Leiden and prothrombin G20210A mutations in unselected patients with venous thromboembolism.
British journal of haematology - 1 Jul 2000
de Moerloose P, Reber G, Perrier A, Perneger T, Bounameaux H
Abstract excerpt
We determined the prevalence of factor V Leiden and of prothrombin G20210A mutations in a cohort of unselected outpatients (n = 748) referred for suspected deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and/or pulmonary embolism (PE) and a pooled analysis of similar studies was also performed. Based on the clinical presentation, the prevalence of factor V Leiden was 15.7% in the 83 patients with DVT and 14.1% in the 99 patients with...
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