Article
Prevalence of thrombotic risk factors among beta-thalassemia patients from Western Iran.
Journal of thrombosis and thrombolysis - 1 Dec 2008
Rahimi Zohreh, Ghaderi Mandana, Nagel Ronald L, Muniz Adriana
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: There is evidence for increased risk of thrombosis in patients with beta-thalassemia intermedia and beta-thalassemia major. The present study investigated the prevalence of thromboembolic risk factors of prothrombin G20210A, factor V Leiden G1691A and methylentetrahydrofolate reductas...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Cohort Studies
- Factor V
- Female
- Gene Frequency
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Humans
- Infant
- Iran
- Male
- Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase (NADPH2)
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
- Prevalence
- Prothrombin
- Thrombophilia