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Familial risk of venous thromboembolism: a nationwide cohort study.
Journal of thrombosis and haemostasis : JTH - 1 Feb 2011
Sørensen H T, Riis A H, Diaz L J, Andersen E W, Baron J A, Andersen P K
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Venous thromboembolism has genetic determinants, but population-based data on familial risks are limited. OBJECTIVES: To examine the familial risk of venous thromboembolism. METHODS: We undertook a nationwide study of a cohort of patients with deep venous thrombosis or pulmonary embolism born after 1952. We used the Danish National Registry of Patients covering all Danish hospitals, for the years 1977...
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