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Superficial venous thrombosis: prevalence of common genetic risk factors and their role on spreading to deep veins.
Thrombosis research - 1 Jan 2008
Milio Glauco, Siragusa Sergio, Minà Chiara, Amato Corrado, Corrado Egle, Grimaudo Stefania, Novo Salvatore
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INTRODUCTION: Superficial venous thrombosis (SVT) has been considered for a long time a limited clinical condition with a low importance, but this approach has changed in recent years, when several studies demonstrated spreading to deep veins occurring from 7.3 to 44%, with high prevalence of pulmonary embolism. MATERIALS AND METHODS: To evaluate the prevalence of genetic risk factors for VTE in patients...
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