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Major and potential prothrombotic genotypes in a cohort of patients with venous thromboembolism.
Thrombosis research - 1 Dec 2001
Varela M L, Adamczuk Y P, Forastiero R R, Martinuzzo M E, Cerrato G S, Pombo G, Carreras L O
Abstract excerpt
Factor V Leiden (FVL) and the prothrombin 20210A (PT-20210A) variant are well-known risk factors for venous thromboembolism (VT). The thermolabile variant (TT) of the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) gene, and homozygosity for the 4G allele of the promoter region of the plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) are potential genetic polymorphisms that have not been consistently associated with...
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