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Do hospital doctors test for thrombophilia in patients with venous thromboembolism?
Journal of thrombosis and thrombolysis - 1 Aug 2018
Samim Daryoush, Marques-Vidal Pedro, Alberio Lorenzo, Waeber Gérard, Méan Marie
Abstract excerpt
The predictive value of factor V Leiden and the G20210A prothrombin mutation regarding recurrent venous thromboembolism (VTE) is limited and does not influence subsequent patient management. Systematic testing for such genetic thrombophilia should be avoided, but to which extent such testing is practiced in a Swiss Hospital is unknown. To examine the current practice of factor V Leiden and/or G20210A prothrombin...
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