Recurrent pulmonary embolism in a 13-year-old male homozygous for the prothrombin G20210A mutation combined with protein S deficiency and increased lipoprotein (a)

Thrombosis Research

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 49-53

  Kosch, Andrea ^a   Junker, Ralf ^a   Wermes, Cornelia ^b   Nowak Göttl, Ulrike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Deep venous thrombosis; Homozygous prothrombin A20210A mutation; Lipoprotein (a); Protein S deficiency; Pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; LIPOPROTEIN A; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN S;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CASE REPORT; CAVA VEIN; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; GENE MUTATION; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LEG; LEG INJURY; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; THROMBOEMBOLISM; THROMBOPHILIA; TREATMENT FAILURE; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; LIPOPROTEIN(A); MALE; PEDIGREE; PNEUMONIA; POINT MUTATION; PROTEIN S DEFICIENCY; PROTHROMBIN; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RECURRENCE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; THROMBOPHILIA; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0036182779     PISSN: 00493848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0049-3848(01)00406-6     Document Type: Article

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