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Prevalence of factor V Leiden and prothrombin variant G20210A in patients age <50 years with no significant stenoses at angiography three to four weeks after myocardial infarction.
Journal of the American College of Cardiology - 1 Sept 2000
Van de Water N S, French J K, Lund M, Hyde T A, White H D, Browett P J
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: We sought to determine the frequencies of factor V Leiden and prothrombin variant G20210A in patients age <50 years with no significant coronary stenoses three to four weeks after myocardial infarction (MI). BACKGROUND: Factor V Leiden and prothrombin variant G20210A occur frequently in patients with venous thromboembolism. However, the contribution of these mutations to the development of MI requires...
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