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Factor V Leiden, prothrombin 20210A and the risk of venous thrombosis among cancer patients.
British journal of haematology - 1 Feb 2005
Kennedy Margaret, Andreescu Astrid C M, Greenblatt Marc S, Jiang Hongyu, Thomas Christian A, Chassereau Laurie, Wong Cheung, Durda Peter, Cushman Mary
Abstract excerpt
Cancer patients have an increased risk of venous thrombosis (VT). The association of factor V Leiden (FVL) and the prothrombin 20210A variant with VT in cancer patients is not established. We genotyped 101 cancer patients with VT and 101 cancer patients without VT for these polymorphisms. Five cases and three controls were heterozygous for FVL, yielding an odds ratio of 1.7 (95% confidence interval (CI)...
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