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The thrombophilias: well-defined risk factors with uncertain therapeutic implications.
Annals of internal medicine - 4 Sept 2001
Bauer K A
Abstract excerpt
Discovery of the factor V Leiden and prothrombin G20210A mutations has greatly increased the percentage of patients in whom venous thrombosis can be attributed to hereditary thrombophilia. The first step in the diagnostic approach to all patients with venous thrombosis consists of a careful history and physical examination combined with routine laboratory testing to characterize the severity of the thrombotic...
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