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Resistance to activated protein C, the FV:Q506 allele, and venous thrombosis.
Annals of hematology - 1 Apr 1996
Dahlbäck B, Hillarp A, Rosen S, Zöller B
Abstract excerpt
Vitamin K-dependent protein C is an important regulator of blood coagulation. After its activation on the endothelial cell surface by thrombin bound to thrombomodulin, it cleaves and inactivates procoagulant cofactors Va and VIIIa, protein S and intact factor V working as cofactors. Until recently, genetic defects of protein C or protein S were, together with antithrombin III deficiency, the established major...
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