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Venous thromboembolic disease: risk factors and laboratory investigation.
Seminars in vascular medicine - 1 Jan 2001
Alhenc-Gelas M, Aiach M, de Moerloose P
Abstract excerpt
The etiology of venous thromboembolic disease has been the subject of several recent discoveries, particularly on genetic predisposing factors. The laboratory investigation that may help to evaluate the risk for individual patients includes the measurements of coagulation inhibitors (antithrombin, protein C, and protein S) in plasma assays, the search for the factor V Leiden mutation by the plasma activated...
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