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Coagulation factor VII R353Q polymorphism and the risk of puerperal cerebral venous thrombosis.
Journal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia - 1 Jan 2012
Kruthika-Vinod T P, Nagaraja Dindagur, Christopher Rita
Abstract excerpt
Puerperal cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) is a relatively common form of stroke in young women in India. The blood coagulation factor VII (FVII) R353Q polymorphism increases the risk for venous thrombosis. Our aim was to investigate the association of FVII R353Q polymorphism with the risk of puerperal CVT. A total of 100 women with puerperal CVT and 102 age-matched women without postpartum complications were...
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