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Ischemic stroke in the elderly. Role of the common factor V mutation causing resistance to activated protein C.
Stroke - 1 Jan 1996
Press R D, Liu X Y, Beamer N, Coull B M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: A common missense mutation in coagulation factor V (Arg 506 Gln) creates phenotypic resistance to the anticoagulant effects of activated protein C and predisposes carriers to venous thrombosis. To assess a correlation between this common hypercoagulable state and ischemic cerebrovascular disease, we have compared the prevalence of this mutation in a group of stroke patients with that in...
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