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Prothrombotic coagulation defects and cardiovascular risk factors in young women with acute myocardial infarction.
British journal of haematology - 1 Aug 2003
Tanis Bea C, Bloemenkamp Daisy G M, van den Bosch Maurice A A J, Kemmeren Jeanet M, Algra Ale, van de Graaf Yolanda, Rosendaal Frits R
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We investigated the effect of prothrombotic coagulation defects in combination with smoking and other conventional risk factors on the risk of myocardial infarction in young women. In 217 women with a first myocardial infarction before the age of 50 years and 763 healthy control women from a population-based case-control study, factor V Leiden and prothrombin 20210A status were determined. Data on major...
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