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Clinical significance of the FV:Q506 mutation in unselected oncology patients.
The American journal of medicine - 1 Oct 1996
Otterson G A, Monahan B P, Harold N, Steinberg S M, Frame J N, Kaye F J
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: A common germline mutation in the factor V gene (FV:Q506) has been associated with hypercoagulability in families with heritable predisposition to thrombosis. We examined the prevalence and clinical significance of the FV:Q506 mutation in cancer patients. PATIENTS AND METHODS: We performed a retrospective cohort study by examining 353 consecutive, unselected patients in a general hematology/oncology...
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