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Perinatal stroke in baby, prothrombotic gene in mom: does this affect maternal health insurance?
Neurology - 12 Jul 2005
Golomb Meredith R, Garg Bhuwan P, Walsh Laurence E, Williams Linda S
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Maternal prothrombotic disorders may contribute to stroke in the fetus before and during birth. Many of the mothers of children with perinatal stroke have no previous history of pathologic thrombosis. OBJECTIVE: To determine if finding the Factor V Leiden mutation, prothrombin 20210 G-A gene defect, or methylene tetrahydrofolate reductase C677T mutation in an asymptomatic mother of a child with...
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