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Inherited prothrombotic defects in Budd-Chiari syndrome and portal vein thrombosis: a study from North India.
American journal of clinical pathology - 1 Jun 2004
Bhattacharyya Maitreyee, Makharia Govind, Kannan M, Ahmed R P H, Gupta P K, Saxena Renu
Abstract excerpt
We studied 57 patients with Budd-Chiari syndrome (BCS) and 48 with portal vein thrombosis (PVT) for underlying inherited prothrombotic defects such as protein C, protein S, and antithrombin III deficiencies. Genetic mutations for factor V Leiden, prothrombin gene 20210A, and methyltetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) C677T were studied in 29 patients in each group. Inherited prothrombotic defects were detected in...
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