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Elevated factor VII as a risk factor for recurrent fetal loss. Relationship to factor VII gene polymorphisms.
Thrombosis and haemostasis - 1 Jun 2005
Miller Connie H, De Staercke Christine, Benson Jane, Hooper W Craig, Dilley Anne, Evatt Bruce L, Benito Carlos, Patterson-Barnett Anne, Eller Daniel, Philipp Claire S
Abstract excerpt
Haemostatic abnormalities can be detected in a portion of the women who have recurrent fetal loss. We measured factor VII coagulant activity (FVII:C) in 65 women with 3 or more fetal losses (recurrent cases), 31 women with one 2nd or 3rd trimester loss (late loss cases), and 81 women with only live births (controls). FVII:C was greater than 2 standard deviations above the mean for controls in 9 recurrent cases...
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