Article
Chronic venous abnormalities in symptomatic and asymptomatic protein C deficiency.
Journal of thrombosis and haemostasis : JTH - 1 Jul 2005
Emmerich J, Vossen C Y, Callas P W, Demers C, Naud S, Long G L, Couture P, Rosendaal F R, Bovill E G
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Thrombophilia is a frequent medical condition associated with symptomatic deep vein thrombosis (DVT). Unlike other clinical risk factors associated with DVT, such as surgery, thrombophilia has not been demonstrated to be associated with asymptomatic venous thrombotic events. Our aim was to search for asymptomatic sequelae of DVT in a protein C (PC)-deficient family. METHODS: We studied 228 individuals...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Body Mass Index
- Family Health
- Female
- Genotype
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Mutation
- Phenotype
- Protein C
- Protein C Deficiency
