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Thrombophilia and stroke.
Topics in stroke rehabilitation - 1 Jan 2003
Green David
Abstract excerpt
Thrombophilia is defined as an enhanced tendency to form intravascular thrombi, which may be arterial or venous. Of the inherited thrombophilias, factor V Leiden and the prothrombin 20210 mutation have been associated with stroke, but this association is statistically significant only in children and adults under age 40. The risk of stroke in persons with these mutations is substantially increased by concomitant...
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