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Nonhealing ulcer secondary to factor V Leiden mutation and cryofibrinogenemia.
Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology - 1 Nov 2004
Barrio Victoria R, Sanfilippo Angela M, Malone Janine C, Callen Jeffrey P
Abstract excerpt
Factor V Leiden is the most common genetic thrombophilia in people of European descent, and is important to recognize as it can have significant implications in dermatology. We report a case of a 30-year-old man who presented for evaluation and treatment of a chronic ulceration on the site of his stump following a below the knee amputation which had been performed for non-healing ulcerations. Despite a variety of...
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