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Factor V Leiden mutation in Turkish patients with homozygous cystathionine beta-synthase deficiency.
Journal of inherited metabolic disease - 1 Jun 2001
Kalkanoğlu H S, Coşkun T, Aydoğdu S D, Tokatli A, Gürgey A
Abstract excerpt
Venous and arterial thromboembolism can occur in patients with homocystinuria. Resistance to activated protein C, which is caused by a single point mutation in the gene for factor V, renders an individual at risk for thrombosis. It has been suggested that coexistence of hereditary homocystinuria and factor V Leiden mutation might jointly play a role in the development of thrombosis. We analysed six patients with...
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