Thrombosis

Common Mutation Protects Against Thrombotic Disorders

Published in Blood Weekly, August 16th, 2001

by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - A common mutation believed to put carriers at risk for brain hemorrhaging may also protect them from atherothrombotic disorders and complications, including heart attacks and strokes, researchers in Italy report.

"The role of a common polymorphism in the factor XIII A-subunit gene (FXIII Val34Leu) has been recently investigated as a protective genetic factor against arterial and venous thrombosis," explained Donato Gemmati and colleagues at the University of Ferrara and Sant Anna Hospital in Ferrara. "In addition, the less frequent Leu34 allele has been described as a risk factor for intracerebral hemorrhage."

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