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Postpartum seizures after epidural analgesia: a patient with a mutation of the factor V Leiden and prothrombin gene.
Journal of clinical anesthesia - 1 Nov 2007
van Nordennen Johannes, Camu Frederic
Abstract excerpt
We report the case of a 27-year-old parturient who developed a headache within 12 hours of delivery and who subsequently seized. Further examination, including magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomographic scan, showed a partial thrombosis of a transversal venous sinus, the underlying cause being an activated protein C resistance caused by a heterozygote factor V Leiden mutation and heterozygote...
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