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Prevalence of inherited thrombophilia in young thrombosis patients from the East Bohemian region.
Blood coagulation & fibrinolysis : an international journal in haemostasis and thrombosis - 1 Sept 2002
Dulícuek P, Malý J, Pesuavová L, Pecka M
Abstract excerpt
Venous thromboembolism is a multifactorial disease that is defined by multiple interactions between genetic and environmental components. Inherited thrombophilia may result in a hypercoagulable state that causes an increased tendency to thrombosis. We assessed the prevalence of factor V Leiden, factor II 20210A, antithrombin III, protein C and protein S deficiency, and the presence of antiphospholipid syndrome...
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