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Risk of venous thromboembolism in patients with inflammatory bowel disease.
Seminars in thrombosis and hemostasis - 1 Jul 2013
Koutroumpakis Efstratios I, Tsiolakidou Georgia, Koutroubakis Ioannis E
Abstract excerpt
There is ample evidence of an increased risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Recent large studies have quantified this risk showing that IBD patients run a 1.5 to 3.6 higher risk of developing VTE than healthy controls. The development of VTE in IBD seems to be multifactorial, resulting from multiple interactions between acquired and inherited risk factors. The most important...
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