Prevalence and association of the factor V Leiden and prothrombin G20210A in healthy subjects and patients with venous thromboembolism

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 488-492

  Coen, D ^a   Zadro, R ^a   Honovic L ^a   Banfic L ^a   Rukavina, A S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Blood coagulation factors; Factor V; Genes; Point mutation; Prothrombin; Thromboembolism; Thrombophilia; Venous thrombosis

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 5 LEIDEN; DNA; PROTHROMBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROATIA; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FACTOR V; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POINT MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROTHROMBIN; THROMBOEMBOLISM; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0034866037     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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