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Prophylaxis and Treatment of Venous Thromboembolism in Individuals with Inherited Thrombophilia
1 Nov 2006
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Venous thromboembolism (VTE) susceptibility genes are widely diffuse in the general population, but clinical penetrance of genotypes is incomplete and has variable expressivity. Therefore, the indiscriminate search for carriers is of doubtful utility and potentially detrimental for screened individuals. A targeted screening in kindreds in which VTE already occurred can be more fruitful in identifying individuals...
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