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Resistance to activated protein C and factor V Leiden as risk factors for venous thrombosis.
Thrombosis and haemostasis - 1 Jul 1995
Bertina R M, Reitsma P H, Rosendaal F R, Vandenbroucke J P
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The recent discovery of the factor V Leiden mutation as the molecular defect in the large majority of APC-resistant individuals, has drastically changed our view on familial thrombophilia and it has contributed to a better understanding of the interaction of genetic and environmental risk factors. It has offered firm support for the view that venous thrombosis is a multifactorial disease and that the risk of...
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