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Molecular analysis of thrombophilic risk factors in patients with dural arteriovenous fistulas.
Journal of neurology - 1 Jun 2002
Kraus Jürgen A, Stüper Bettina K, Müller Jens, Nahser Hans-C, Klockgether Thomas, Berlit Peter, Harbrecht Ursula
Abstract excerpt
Dural arteriovenous fistulas (DAVFs) are direct artery-to-cerebral venous sinus shunts. Our recent finding of a significantly increased prevalence of factor V (FV) Leiden in patients with DAVFs prompted us to evaluate prothrombinG20210A, MTHFRC677T, beta-fibrinogenG455A, PAI-14G/5G and FXIIIVal34Leu as additional risk factors for thrombophilia in 26 patients with DAVFs and a group of age- and gender-matched...
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