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[Upper mesenteric venous thrombosis revealing familial resistance to activated protein C].
Presse medicale (Paris, France : 1983) - 4 Oct 2003
Grimaud Laurent, Defuentes Gilles, Duvic Christian, Leveque Christian, Brinquin Louis
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INTRODUCTION: Mesenteric venous thrombosis is a rare disease but potentially severe because of the prognosis of intestinal infarction with high mortality rate (60%). OBSERVATION: We report the case of a 55 year-old man who presented with an upper mesenteric venous thrombosis related to a familial resistance to C reactive protein through factor V Leiden mutation. COMMENTS: The discovery of a mesenteric venous...
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