Article
High risk of thrombosis in patients homozygous for factor V Leiden (activated protein C resistance)
Blood - 15 Mar 1995
Rosendaal F R, Koster T, Vandenbroucke J P, Reitsma P H
Abstract excerpt
Resistance to activated protein C (APC) is a common inherited risk factor for venous thrombosis, which is associated with a mutation in coagulation factor V (factor V Leiden). We investigated the risk of venous thrombosis in individuals homozygous for this abnormality. We determined the factor V Leiden genotype in 471 consecutive patients aged less than 70 years with a first objectively confirmed deep-vein...
Topics
- Adult
- Age Factors
- Factor V
- Female
- Homozygote
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Mutation
- Protein C
- Risk Factors
- Thrombosis
