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Posterior ocular involvement in Behçet's disease and thrombophilic mutations.
Clinical hemorheology and microcirculation - 1 Jan 2012
Vayá Amparo, De la Fuente José Miguel, Suescun Marta, España Enrique, Ricart José M
Abstract excerpt
It is not well established whether there is an association among common inherited gene defects, Factor V (FV) Leiden, the prothrombin (PT) G20210A mutation, C677T methylene tetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) and ocular Behçet's disease (BD). We aimed to evaluate the association of these mutations with posterior ocular involvement in 89 BD patients from eastern Spain (48 men and 41 women) of whom 23 had posterior...
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