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Maternal factor V Leiden and prothrombin mutations do not seem to contribute to the occurrence of two or more than two consecutive miscarriages in Caucasian patients.
American journal of reproductive immunology (New York, N.Y. : 1989) - 1 Dec 2013
Baumann Kristin, Beuter-Winkler Petra, Hackethal Andreas, Strowitzki Thomas, Toth Bettina, Bohlmann Michael K
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BACKGROUND: We analysed the prevalence of the most common hereditary thrombophilia (hTP) - factor V Leiden (FVL) mutation, prothrombin 20210 G>A substitution (PT) - and the 677 C>T replacement in the 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) gene in Caucasian patients with a history of two and more consecutive recurrent miscarriages (RMs) as compared to healthy controls with an identical ethnic background...
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