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Heterozygosity for the Leiden mutation of the factor V gene, a common pathoetiology for osteonecrosis of the jaw, with thrombophilia augmented by exogenous estrogens.
The Journal of laboratory and clinical medicine - 1 Nov 1997
Glueck C J, McMahon R E, Bouquot J E, Triplett D, Gruppo R, Wang P
Abstract excerpt
We assessed whether heterozygosity for the thrombophilic Leiden mutation of the factor V gene (MFV) was pathogenetic for alveolar osteonecrosis of the jaw and chronic facial pain (neuralgia-inducing cavitational osteonecrosis (NICO)) in 89 patients with NICO. A second specific aim was to assess f...
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