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[Portal-splenic-mesenteric venous thrombosis secondary to a mutation of the prothrombin gene].
Gastroenterologia y hepatologia - 1 Jan 2000
Frutos Bernal M D, Fernández Hernández J A, Carrasco Prats M, Soria Cogollos T, Luján Mompeán J A, Hernández Agüera Q, Parrilla Paricio P
Abstract excerpt
Thrombosis of the portal-mesenteric axis is an infrequent cause of intestinal ischemia or infarction. In addition to the multiple acquired factors that contribute to the development of this entity, hereditary risk factors, especially the factor V Leiden mutation and the G20210A mutation of the prothrombin gene, have been implicated. The G20210A mutation of the prothrombin gene is found in up to 40% of patients...
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