[Combined hemostatic defects in family members of symptomatic carriers of Leiden mutations of factor V].

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[Combined hemostatic defects in family members of symptomatic carriers of Leiden mutations of factor V].

Polskie Archiwum Medycyny Wewnetrznej - 1 Mar 1998

Lewandowski K, Rozek M, Turowiecka Z, Markiewicz W T, Zawilska K

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The aim of the study was to determine the frequency of additional prothrombotic defect in family members of 14 symptomatic, heterozygous carriers of factor V Leiden mutation (FV Leiden). The FV Leiden was found in fifty-five from among 127 persons (43%). Thirty-two from 53 (68%) family carriers o...

Topics

Antithrombin III Deficiency
Blood Coagulation Disorders
Disease-Free Survival
Factor V
Female
Heterozygote
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Mutation
Pedigree
Prothrombin
Thrombophlebitis

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