Inferior vena cava agenesis: Association with bilateral lower-limb deep vein thrombosis in young males

Raphael Guanella; Frederic Glauser; Henri Bounameaux; Lucia Mazzolai

doi:10.1160/TH09-04-0254

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Table of Contents

Thromb Haemost 2009; 102(04): 795-798
DOI: 10.1160/TH09-04-0254

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Inferior vena cava agenesis: Association with bilateral lower-limb deep vein thrombosis in young males

Raphael Guanella^*

¹Division of Angiology and Hemostasis, Department of Internal Medicine, Geneva University Hospital and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland

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Frederic Glauser^*

²Division of vascular medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland

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Henri Bounameaux

¹Division of Angiology and Hemostasis, Department of Internal Medicine, Geneva University Hospital and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland

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Lucia Mazzolai

²Division of vascular medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland

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