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Budd-Chiari syndrome: combination of genetic defects and the use of oral contraceptives leading to hypercoagulability.
Journal of hepatology - 1 Sept 2000
Minnema M C, Janssen H L, Niermeijer P, de Man R A
Abstract excerpt
A young female, who had been in excellent health and had used third-generation oral contraceptives, was admitted to hospital because of abdominal pain and ascites. Budd-Chiari syndrome (BCS) was diagnosed by radiographic and histological examination. Tests for myeloproliferative disease, deficiency of coagulation inhibitors and paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria were negative. DNA investigation showed a double...
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