Oral contraceptive pills and inherited thrombophilia in a young woman with deep venous thrombosis

East Mediterr Health J. 2009 Jan-Feb;15(1):235-8.

Authors

R A R Mahfouz¹, Z K Otrock, M A Ghasham, A S Sabbagh, A T Taher, A Bazarbachi

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Centre, Beirut, Lebanon. rm11@aub.edu.lb

PMID: 19469449

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Activated Protein C Resistance / diagnosis
Activated Protein C Resistance / epidemiology
Activated Protein C Resistance / genetics*
Adult
Anticoagulants / therapeutic use
Contraceptives, Oral / adverse effects*
Factor V / genetics*
Female
Femoral Vein*
Genetic Carrier Screening
Genetic Testing
Homozygote
Humans
Lebanon / epidemiology
Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase (NADPH2) / genetics*
Pedigree
Point Mutation / genetics
Risk Factors
Ultrasonography, Doppler
Venous Thrombosis / diagnostic imaging
Venous Thrombosis / drug therapy
Venous Thrombosis / etiology*

Substances

Anticoagulants
Contraceptives, Oral
factor V Leiden
Factor V
Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase (NADPH2)