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Prevalence of factor V Leiden and the G20210A prothrombin-gene mutation in inflammatory bowel disease.
Blood coagulation & fibrinolysis : an international journal in haemostasis and thrombosis - 1 Jul 2000
Papa A, De Stefano V, Gasbarrini A, Chiusolo P, Cianci R, Casorelli I, Paciaroni K, Cammarota G, Leone G, Gasbarrini G
Abstract excerpt
A hypercoagulable state has been hypothesized as a contributing factor in the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD); moreover, such patients have an increased risk of thrombotic complications. The aim of the present paper was to study the prevalence of the two most important causes of inherited thrombophilia: factor V Leiden and the G20210A prothrombin-gene mutation in patients with Crohn's disease...
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