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Inherited hyper-homocysteinemia as a cause of nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis.
The Journal of heart valve disease - 1 Mar 2011
Durante-Mangoni Emanuele, Iossa Domenico, Nappi Felice, Utili Riccardo
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND AIM OF THE STUDY: Despite high rates of valve disease, non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis remains an uncommon condition, the individual susceptibility to which might be influenced by an inherited thrombophilic state. METHODS: A comprehensive hemostasis study was conducted in a 17-year-old patient with definite nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis, including a genetic screening for all major...
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