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Mortality and causes of death in families with the factor V Leiden mutation (resistance to activated protein C).
Blood - 15 Mar 1997
Hille E T, Westendorp R G, Vandenbroucke J P, Rosendaal F R
Abstract excerpt
To investigate whether resistance to activated protein C (APC resistance) because of a mutation in the factor V gene (factor V Leiden) leads to a decrease in life expectancy, we analyzed overall and cause-specific mortality in 171 parents whose offspring carried this mutation. Compared with the Dutch general population, and after adjustment for age, sex, and calendar period, we found no excess deaths in the...
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