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Role of the geneticist in testing and counseling for inherited thrombophilia.
Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics - 1 Jan 2000
Reich Laura M, Bower Matthew, Key Nigel S
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Within the past decade, the identification of two mutations that are relatively prevalent among the white population (the factor V Leiden and prothrombin G20210A gene mutations) has paved the way for a number of large cohort studies that have greatly advanced our understanding of the pathogenesis of venous thromboembolism (VTE). VTE is clearly a multigenic disorder, with well-characterized examples of gene-gene...
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