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Thromboembolic risk assessment in a phenotypically cured factor-V-Leiden carrier after orthotopic liver transplantation.
Clinical laboratory - 1 Jan 2010
Strobel Julian, Ringwald Juergen, Zimmermann Robert, Eckstein Reinhold
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BACKGROUND: The factor V Leiden mutation is a common genetic risk factor for thromboembolism. After liver transplantation, patients may present with an acquired factor V phenotype - genotype discrepancy. CASE REPORT: We present the history of a heterozygous carrier of the factor V Leiden mutation...
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