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Resistance to activated protein C and Legg-Perthes disease.
Clinical orthopaedics and related research - 1 May 1997
Glueck C J, Brandt G, Gruppo R, Crawford A, Roy D, Tracy T, Stroop D, Wang P, Becker A
Abstract excerpt
Thrombophilia may cause thrombotic venous occlusion in the femoral head, with venous hypertension and hypoxic bone death, leading to Legg-Perthes disease. Resistance to activated protein C, the most common thrombophilic trait, was measured in 64 children with Legg-Perthes disease. Genomic deoxyribonucleic acid was studied to delineate the CGA-->CAA substitution at position 1691 of the Factor V Leiden gene...
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