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Epidemiology of Familial Aggregation of Venous Thromboembolism.
Seminars in thrombosis and hemostasis - 1 Nov 2016
Zöller Bengt, Li Xinjun, Ohlsson Henrik, Ji Jianguang, Memon Ashfaque A, Svensson Peter J, Palmér Karolina, Dahlbäck Björn, Sundquist Jan, Sundquist Kristina
Abstract excerpt
Familial aggregation (clustering) of venous thromboembolism (VTE) is the clustering of VTE within a family. Though several genes, such as antithrombin, protein C, protein S, factor V, and prothrombin are associated with the familial clustering of VTE, these loci only partially explain the familial aggregation of VTE. The epidemiology of the familial aggregation of VTE exhibits typical characteristics of complex...
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