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Prothrombin gene variants in non-Caucasians with fetal loss and intrauterine growth retardation.
The Journal of molecular diagnostics : JMD - 1 Nov 2003
Schrijver Iris, Lenzi Tiffanee J, Jones Carol D, Lay Marla J, Druzin Maurice L, Zehnder James L
Abstract excerpt
Thrombotic predisposition may affect pregnancy outcome, but in non-Caucasians the contributing genetic factors are poorly characterized. Two recently identified prothrombin gene mutations (20209C>T and 20221C>T) have been observed in non-Caucasian patients with thrombosis. The mutations are located near the commonly identified variant 20210G>A and have not been reported in Caucasian patients. The authors report a...
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