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Early days of APC resistance and FV Leiden.
Hamostaseologie - 1 Jan 2008
Dahlbäck Björn
Abstract excerpt
Venous thrombosis is a major medical problem annually affecting millions of individuals worldwide. It is a typical multifactorial disease, the pathogenesis involving both environmental and genetic risk factors. A single point mutation in the gene of coagulation factor V (FV), which results in the replacement of Arg506 with a Gln (FV Leiden) is the most common genetic risk factor known to date. The anticoagulant...
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