Hepatic Vein Thrombosis in a Patient with Mutant Prothrombin 20210A Allele

Valerio De Stefano; Patrizia Chiusolo; Katia Paciaroni; Luciana Teofili; Elettra Ortu La Barbera; Ida Casorelli; Giuseppe Leone

doi:10.1055/s-0037-1615239

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Table of Contents

Thromb Haemost 1998; 80(03): 519
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1615239

Letters to the Editor

Schattauer GmbH

Hepatic Vein Thrombosis in a Patient with Mutant Prothrombin 20210A Allele

Valerio De Stefano

¹From the Department of Hematology, Catholic University, Rome, Italy

,

Patrizia Chiusolo

¹From the Department of Hematology, Catholic University, Rome, Italy

,

Katia Paciaroni

¹From the Department of Hematology, Catholic University, Rome, Italy

,

Luciana Teofili

¹From the Department of Hematology, Catholic University, Rome, Italy

,

Elettra Ortu La Barbera

¹From the Department of Hematology, Catholic University, Rome, Italy

,

Ida Casorelli

¹From the Department of Hematology, Catholic University, Rome, Italy

,

Giuseppe Leone

¹From the Department of Hematology, Catholic University, Rome, Italy

› Author Affiliations

Abstract

Full Text

References

References
1 De Stefano V, Teofili L, Leone G, Michiels JJ. Spontaneous erythroid colony formation as the clue to an underlying myeloproliferative disorder in patients with Budd-Chiari syndrome or portal vein thrombosis. Semin Thromb Hemost 1997; 23: 411-8.
2 Pellieter S, Landi B, Piette JC, Ekert P, Coutellier A, Desmoulins C, Fadlallah JP, Herson S, Valla D. Antiphospholipid syndrome as the second cause of non-tumorous Budd-Chiari syndrome. J Hepatol 1994; 21: 76-80.
3 Denninger M-H, Beldjord K, Durand F, Denié C, Valla D, Guillin M-C. Budd-Chiari syndrome and factor V Leiden mutation. Lancet 1995; 345: 525-6.
4 Mahmoud AEA, Wilde JT, Elias E. Budd-Chiari syndrome and factor V Leiden mutation. Lancet 1995; 345: 526.
5 Poort SR, Rosendaal FR, Reitsma PH, Bertina RM. A common genetic variation in the 3’-untranslated region of the prothrombin gene is associated with elevated plasma prothrombin levels and increase in venous thrombosis. Blood 1996; 88: 3698-703.
6 Teofili L, De Stefano V, Leone G, Micalizzi P, Iovino MS, Alfano G, Bizzi B. Hematological causes of venous thrombosis in young people: high incidence of myeloproliferative disorder as underlying disease in patients with splanchnic venous thrombosis. Thromb Haemost 1992; 67: 297-301.
7 De Stefano V, Chiusolo P, Paciaroni K, Casorelli I, Rossi E, Molinari M, Servidei S, Tonali PA, Leone G. Prothrombin G20210A mutant genotype is a risk factor for cerebrovascular ischemic disease in young patients. Blood 1998; 91: 3562-5.
8 Bucciarelli P, Franchi F, Alatri A, Bettini P, Moia M. Budd-Chiari syndrome in a patient heterozygous for the G20210A mutation of the prothrombin gene. Thromb Haemost 1998; 79: 445-6.