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Severe thrombotic complications associated with activated protein C resistance acquired by orthotopic liver transplantation.
Haemostasis - 1 Jan 2000
Gillis S, Lebenthal A, Pogrebijsky G, Levy Y, Eldor A, Eid A
Abstract excerpt
We report a patient who developed recurrent hepatic artery thrombosis and deep venous thrombosis following orthotopic liver transplantation. Investigations revealed the presence of activated protein C (APC) resistance due to a mutation in the factor V gene in the transplanted liver. The patient's own peripheral blood cells did not carry the mutation. Although part of factor V is located in the platelets and may...
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