Pregnancy in a woman with a history of Budd-Chiari syndrome treated by porto-systemic shunt, protein C deficiency and bicornuate uterus

Pasquale Martinelli; Giuseppe Maria Maruotti; Antonio Coppola; Annalisa Agangi; Dario Paladini; Elvira Grandone; Giovanni Di Minno

doi:10.1160/TH06-02-0098

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Table of Contents

Thromb Haemost 2006; 95(06): 1033-1034
DOI: 10.1160/TH06-02-0098

Case Report

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Pregnancy in a woman with a history of Budd-Chiari syndrome treated by porto-systemic shunt, protein C deficiency and bicornuate uterus

Pasquale Martinelli

¹Obstetric and Gynaecological Emergency Unit, Department of Gynaecology, Obstetrics and Reproductive Physiopathology, Federico II University, Naples, Italy

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Giuseppe Maria Maruotti

¹Obstetric and Gynaecological Emergency Unit, Department of Gynaecology, Obstetrics and Reproductive Physiopathology, Federico II University, Naples, Italy

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Antonio Coppola

²Regional Reference Centre for Coagulation Disorders, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Federico II University, Naples, Italy

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Annalisa Agangi

¹Obstetric and Gynaecological Emergency Unit, Department of Gynaecology, Obstetrics and Reproductive Physiopathology, Federico II University, Naples, Italy

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Dario Paladini

¹Obstetric and Gynaecological Emergency Unit, Department of Gynaecology, Obstetrics and Reproductive Physiopathology, Federico II University, Naples, Italy

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Elvira Grandone

³Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis Unit, IRCCS “Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza”, S. Giovanni Rotondo, Italy

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Giovanni Di Minno

²Regional Reference Centre for Coagulation Disorders, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Federico II University, Naples, Italy

³Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis Unit, IRCCS “Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza”, S. Giovanni Rotondo, Italy

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