Hypereosinophilic Syndrome Associated with Heterozygous Factor V Gene Mutation: An Unusual Combination Resulting in an Acute Coronary Syndrome and Recurrent Cerebral Stroke - A Case Report

Angiology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 221-225

  Engelmann, Markus G ^a   Kolbe, Tilman ^a   Faul, Christian ^a,b   Steinbeck, Gerhard ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Municipal Hospital   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 5; CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; GENE MUTATION; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; HYPEREOSINOPHILIC SYNDROME; MALE; RECURRENT DISEASE; STROKE;

ADULT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; FACTOR V; HUMANS; HYPEREOSINOPHILIC SYNDROME; MALE; MUTATION;

EID: 1542619551     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000331970405500217     Document Type: Article

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