Article
Prevalence of the factor V leiden mutation in children and neonates with thromboembolic disease.
The Journal of pediatrics - 1 Dec 1998
Hagstrom J N, Walter J, Bluebond-Langner R, Amatniek J C, Manno C S, High K A
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Resistance to activated protein C (APC) has been identified as a risk factor for thrombotic disease in adults. In over 90% of cases, the basis for the APC resistance is a mutation in the coagulation factor V gene (factor V Leiden) that renders the protein more resistant to inactivation...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- DNA Mutational Analysis
- Factor V
- Humans
- Infant
- Infant, Newborn
- Mutation
- Retrospective Studies
- Thromboembolism
- Venous Thrombosis
