Article
Factor V Leiden and fatal pulmonary embolism.
Thrombosis and haemostasis - 1 Mar 1998
Vandenbroucke J P, Bertina R M, Holmes Z R, Spaargaren C, van Krieken J H, Manten B, Reitsma P H
Abstract excerpt
To investigate whether the factor V Leiden mutation increases the risk of fatal pulmonary emboli, we determined the presence of the factor V Leiden mutation in pathology material from two series of autopsies of patients from the Leiden University Hospital, The Netherlands. The first series consis...
Topics
- Adult
- Age Factors
- Aged
- Factor V
- Female
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Mutation
- Prevalence
- Pulmonary Embolism
- Risk