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Issues concerning the laboratory investigation of inherited thrombophilia.
Molecular diagnosis : a journal devoted to the understanding of human disease through the clinical application of molecular biology - 1 Jan 2005
Tripodi Armando
Abstract excerpt
Inherited thrombophilia, defined as an increased familial tendency to develop thrombosis, may be due to congenital deficiencies or abnormalities of antithrombin, protein C or protein S; to the presence of a point mutation in the factor V gene (G1691A, factor V Leiden) leading to a poor anticoagulant response to activated protein C; or to the presence of a mutation in the prothrombin gene (G20210A) leading to...
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