Journal article
Budd-Chiari syndrome related to factor V Leiden mutation.
- Delarive J University Hospital (CHUV)/University Medical Outpatients Department (PMU), Lausanne, Switzerland.
- Gonvers JJ
- 1998-05-12
Published in:
- The American journal of gastroenterology. - 1998
English
We here describe a young patient who presented with chronic Budd-Chiari syndrome. An exhaustive etiological investigation to detect a procoagulable state was negative except for factor V mutation (factor V Leiden), a factor associated with resistance to activated protein C. Factor V Leiden is known to be a common, high risk factor for thrombosis. This factor should be routinely investigated in patients with Budd-Chiari syndrome, as factor V Leiden mutation is probably the procoagulable state responsible for many cases of "idiopathic" Budd-Chiari syndrome.
- Language
-
- English
- Open access status
- closed
- Identifiers
-
- DOI 10.1111/j.1572-0241.1998.184_b.x
- PMID 9576466
- Persistent URL
- https://sonar.ch/global/documents/189424
Statistics
Document views: 53
File downloads: