Deep Venous Thrombosis Caused by Congenital Absence of Inferior Vena Cava, Combined with Hyperhomocysteinemia

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 124-129

  Yun, Sang Seob ^a,b   Kim, Ji Il ^a,b,c   Kim, Kee Hwan ^a,b   Sung, Gi Young ^a,b   Lee, Do Sang ^a,b   Kim, Jeong Soo ^a,b   Moon, In Sung ^a,b   Lim, Keun Woo ^a,b   Koh, Young Bok ^a,b  

^a Catholic University of Korea ^*

^b The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^c The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGENESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; HEREDITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; INFERIOR VENA CAVA AGENESIS; INTERNATIONAL STANDARD UNIT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE GENE; MULTIFACTORIAL GENETIC DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 1542317695     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10016-003-0087-x     Document Type: Article

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