An evaluation of the Factor V Leiden mutation in a cohort of African-American pregnant women

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 315-317

  Rose, Nancy C ^a,b   Wang, Y Lynn ^a   Neubert, A George ^a   Roth, Nancy W ^a   Li, Mengrong ^a   Wilson, Robert B ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Dept of Obstetrics and Gynecology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Factor V Leiden; Mutation; Pregnancy; Thrombosis

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 5 LEIDEN;

ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NEGRO; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; THROMBOSIS;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DNA; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FACTOR V; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; RISK FACTORS; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0031969340     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0223(199804)18:4<315::AID-PD269>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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