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An investigation of the association of the prothrombin G20210A gene mutation and inflammatory bowel disease: Factor II and IBD.
Inflammatory bowel diseases - 1 May 2001
Haslam N, Standen G R, Probert C S
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BACKGROUND: A thrombotic etiology for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) has been proposed as a result of its association with thromboembolic complications, smoking, the oral contraceptive pill, and the response of ulcerative colitis (UC) patients to heparin. We have previously demonstrated an increased prevalence of the Factor V Leiden mutation in UC and wished to investigate the frequency of the recently...
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