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Association of corticosteroids and factor V, prothrombin, and MTHFR gene mutations with avascular osteonecrosis in renal allograft recipients.
Transplantation proceedings - 1 Mar 2006
Celik A, Tekis D, Saglam F, Tunali S, Kabakci N, Ozaksoy D, Manisali M, Ozcan M A, Meral M, Gülay H, Camsari T
Abstract excerpt
The mechanism of posttransplantation avascular osteonecrosis (AVN) is controversial. Besides an increased bone marrow pressure due to reduced blood supply, enhanced coagulation has been considered. We investigated the associations of factor V Leiden, prothrombin G20210A, and MTHFR C677T mutations as well as cumulative corticosteroid doses with AVN in renal allograft recipients. The records of 39 volunteer...
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