Article
Evaluation of role of factor V Leiden mutation in fatal pulmonary thromboembolism.
Thrombosis research - 1 Jul 1998
Dunn S T, Trong S
Abstract excerpt
Association of a mutation in the coagulation factor V gene (FV Leiden) with deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary thromboembolism has been well documented in the literature, but no study has specifically screened cases of fatal pulmonary thromboembolism for the mutation. This study sought to determi...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Autopsy
- Factor V
- Gene Frequency
- Genotype
- Humans
- Middle Aged
- Mutation
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Pulmonary Embolism