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Venous thrombosis and prothrombotic factors in inflammatory bowel disease.
World journal of gastroenterology - 7 May 2014
Magro Fernando, Soares João-Bruno, Fernandes Dália
Abstract excerpt
Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) may have an increased risk of venous thrombosis (VTE). PubMed, ISI Web of Knowledge and Scopus were searched to identify studies investigating the risk of VTE and the prevalence of acquired and genetic VTE risk factors and prothrombotic abnormalities in IBD. Overall, IBD patients have a two- to fourfold increased risk of VTE compared with healthy controls, with an...
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