Rapid multiplex analysis for the factor V Leiden and prothrombin G20210A mutations associated with hereditary thrombophilia.

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Rapid multiplex analysis for the factor V Leiden and prothrombin G20210A mutations associated with hereditary thrombophilia.

Connecticut medicine - 1 Sept 1998

Linfert D R, Rezuke W N, Tsongalis G J

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Thromboembolic episodes are common events and affect approximately one in 1,000 persons annually. Pulmonary embolism alone accounts for 50,000 to 100,000 deaths per year in the United States with > 50% of those being elderly persons. Resistance to activated protein C is the most common inherited...

Topics

Factor V
Heterozygote
Homozygote
Humans
Mutation
Prothrombin
Thrombophilia

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