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Activated protein C resistance due to a common factor V gene mutation is a major risk factor for venous thrombosis.
Annual review of medicine - 1 Jan 1997
Zöller B, Hillarp A, Berntorp E, Dahlbäck B
Abstract excerpt
Inherited resistance to activated protein C (APC) was recently discovered to be a cause of familial thrombophilia and is now known to be the most common genetic risk factor for venous thrombosis. It is caused by a single point mutation in the gene for factor V, which predicts substitution or arginine (R) at position 506 with a glutamine (Q). Accordingly, the activated form of mutated factor V (FVa:Q506) is more...
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