A rare case of arterial thrombosis in a 37-year-old male with Factor v Leiden mutation

Irish Journal of Medical Science

Volumn 178, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 363-366

  O'Gorman, S ^a   Osman, R ^a   Smith, M ^a   Callagy, G ^a   Regan, M ^a   Kerin, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GALWAY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Arterial thrombosis; Factor V Leiden; Mesenteric ischaemia

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 5 LEIDEN; HEPARIN; STEROID; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 5;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOODY DIARRHEA; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; CASE REPORT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENTERITIS; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; FATALITY; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; GENE MUTATION; HEART VENTRICLE THROMBOSIS; HEMICOLECTOMY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFARCTION; ISCHEMIA; JEJUNOSTOMY; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER DISEASE; MALE; MESENTERY ISCHEMIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RESUSCITATION; SIDE TO SIDE ANASTOMOSIS; STOMACH ULCER; THROMBOPHILIA; VASCULITIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; GENETICS; MESENTERIC ARTERY; PATHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SMALL INTESTINE; THROMBOSIS; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; FACTOR V; HUMANS; INTESTINE, SMALL; ISCHEMIA; MALE; MESENTERIC ARTERIES; RISK FACTORS; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 77249153385     PISSN: 00211265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11845-008-0162-y     Document Type: Article

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