Article
Hypercoagulability in venous and arterial thrombosis.
Annals of internal medicine - 15 Apr 1997
Thomas D P, Roberts H R
Abstract excerpt
The term "hypercoagulability" is used to describe patients who are at increased risk for thrombosis because of inherited defects in their anticoagulant pathways or because of various predisposing causes. About one in five patients of European descent who present with venous thromboembolism have a specific genetic defect in their anticoagulant pathway. In these patients, anticoagulant prophylaxis is indicated at...
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