Article
Resistance to activated protein C due to mutated factor V as a novel cause of inherited thrombophilia.
Haematologica - 1 Jan 2000
De Stefano V, Leone G
Abstract excerpt
Inherited resistance to activated protein C (APC) was recently recognized as a novel cause underlying venous thrombophilia. In most cases APC-resistance is due to a single point mutation in the factor V gene leading to a replacement of Arg506 with Gln (factor V Leiden). Amino acid substitution oc...
Topics
- Adult
- Anticoagulants
- Artifacts
- Cohort Studies
- Enzyme Activation
- Factor V
- Factor V Deficiency
- Factor Va
- Female
- Gene Frequency
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Heparin
- Humans
