Recurrent deep venous thrombosis caused by congenital interruption of the inferior vena cava and heterozygous factor V Leiden mutation

Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 252, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 276-280

  Schneider, J G ^a   Eynatten, M V ^a   Dugi, K A ^a   Duex, M ^a   Nawroth, P P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dysgenesis; Factor V Leiden mutation; Inferior vena cava; Venous thrombosis

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 5 LEIDEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENE MUTATION; HETEROZYGOTE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERCOAGULABILITY; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VEIN; VEIN BLOOD FLOW;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANTS; FACTOR V; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; MUTATION; PHENPROCOUMON; RECURRENCE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASCULAR DISEASES; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0036379702     PISSN: 09546820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2796.2002.01034.x     Document Type: Article

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