Article
[Thrombophilia caused by congenital disorders of blood coagulation].
Fortschritte der Medizin - 20 Oct 1998
Hiller E, Pihusch R
Abstract excerpt
Today, more than 40% of all patients who develop a thrombosis are found to have inherited thrombophilia. The most common cause of this is APC resistance, which can usually be traced back to factor V-Leiden. In the commonly heterozygous patients the risk of thrombosis is increased about 7-fold (li...
Topics
- Activated Protein C Resistance
- Adult
- Aged
- Antithrombin III Deficiency
- Factor V
- Female
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Humans
- Lupus Coagulation Inhibitor
- Pregnancy
- Protein C Deficiency
- Protein S Deficiency