Open AccessAre Prothrombotic Mutations a Time-to-Event Risk Factor?
Author(s) -
Branko Tomić,
Maja Gvozdenov,
Iva Pruner,
Jelena Šimić,
Mirjana Kovač,
Dragica Radojković,
Valentina Djordjević
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
laboratory medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.332
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 1943-7730
pISSN - 0007-5027
DOI - 10.1093/labmed/lmx046
Subject(s) - event (particle physics) , factor (programming language) , factor v leiden , risk factor , medicine , genetics , computer science , biology , thrombosis , physics , venous thrombosis , quantum mechanics , programming language
Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) represents a common disorder involving genetic and acquired risk factors. It has been proposed that acquired risk factors are more important with aging than genetic factors, indicating different prevalence of prothrombotic mutations throughout the lifespan.
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