Abstract
Although relatively rare,thromboembolic complications do occur in pediatric patients [1] and cause significant morbidity with occasional mortality.Venous thrombosis is a multicausal disease involving acquired and genetic factors. The pediatric patient with thrombosis has an average of two and some of four or more predisposing and triggering prothrombotic factors [2]. Genetic abnormalities of antithrombin, protein C, protein S, factor V G1691A, prothrombin G20210A and elevated lipoprotein(a) concentration have been reported in children with venous thrombosis [3–5].
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Roschitz, B., Muntean, W., Mannhalter, C., Koestenberger, M. (2004). Deep Venous Thrombosis of the Lower Extremity in a 16-Year-Old Girl with Homozygous MTHFR- and Heterozygous Factor V Leiden-Mutation. In: Scharrer, I., Schramm, W. (eds) 33rd Hemophilia Symposium. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-18260-0_25
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