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Predictors of thrombosis in relatives of patients with venous thromboembolism.
Current opinion in pulmonary medicine - 1 Sept 2010
Couturaud Francis, Kearon Clive
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Hereditary and acquired risk factors contribute to the development of venous thromboembolism (VTE). Relatives of patients who have a hereditary predisposition to thrombosis ('hereditary thrombophilia') will have a heightened risk of VTE if they share the same thrombophilic abnormality. However, if patients do not have a currently recognized thrombophilia it cannot be assumed that their...
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