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Prevalence of factor V Leiden and prothrombin 20210 A variant in Bulgarian patients with pulmonary thromboembolism and deep venous thrombosis.
Blood coagulation & fibrinolysis : an international journal in haemostasis and thrombosis - 1 Dec 2001
Boyanovsky B, Russeva M, Ganev V, Penev M, Baleva M, Russev M
Abstract excerpt
Factor V Leiden mutation and prothrombin variant 20210 A are well-known risk factors for venous thrombosis (DVT). Recent papers have reported a lower prevalence of factor V Leiden in patients with pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE) than in patients with deep venous thrombosis. The aim of the present study was to compare the prevalence of factor V Leiden and the prothrombin 20210 G <-- A mutation in patients with DVT...
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