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Acute Budd-Chiari syndrome with fulminant hepatic failure in a pregnant woman with factor V Leiden mutation.
Gastroenterology - 1 Dec 1996
Fickert P, Ramschak H, Kenner L, Hoefler G, Hinterleitner T A, Petritsch W, Klimpfinger M, Krejs G J, Stauber R E
Abstract excerpt
Budd-Chiari syndrome during pregnancy has rarely been reported. This report presents a case of acute hepatic failure in a 20-year-old pregnant woman attributable to Budd-Chiari syndrome with underlying resistance to activated protein C caused by factor V Leiden mutation. The patient delivered a healthy girl by cesarean section in the 31st week of pregnancy. Acute hepatic failure in the 6th week postpartum was...
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