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Role of thrombophilia in deciding on the duration of anticoagulation.
Seminars in thrombosis and hemostasis - 1 Dec 2004
Bauer Kenneth A
Abstract excerpt
It is now possible to identify hereditary risk factors in a substantial percentage of patients presenting with a venous thrombotic event. Discovery of the factor V Leiden and prothrombin G20210A mutations has greatly increased the percentage of patients in whom venous thrombosis can be attributed to hereditary thrombophilia. There is considerable uncertainty, however, as to how this information should be used in...
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