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[Spinal cord infarction and recurrent venous thrombosis in association with estrogens and the 20210A allele of the prothrombin gene].
Neurologia (Barcelona, Spain) - 1 Nov 2001
González-Ordóñez A J, Uria D F, Ferreiro D, Barragán M J, Fernández-Carreira J M, Fernández-Alvarez C R, Peliz M G, Alvarez M V
Abstract excerpt
The acute spinal cord infarction is a rare cause of acute-onset paraplegia. Furthermore, it is specially uncommon that the infarction occurs in patients with apparent low predisposition to vascular disease. The 20210A allele of the prothrombin gene (causing a threefold-increased risk in venous thromboembolism) was recently associated with unexplained spinal cord infarction in young women under treatment with...
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