Avtor/Urednik     Kholova, Ivana; Vojtiškova, Marie
Naslov     Factor V Leiden mutation and lethal pulmonary embolism in a young female taking oral contraceptives. Case report and post mortem genetic screening discussion
Tip     članek
Vir     In: Vizjak A, Ferluga D, Bussolati G, editors. Update in pathology. Proceedings of the 19th European congress of pathology: nephropathology pre-congress meeting advances in nephrology, pulmonary pathology pre-congress meeting; 2003 Sep 6-11; Ljubljana. Ljubljana: Faculty of medicine,
Leto izdaje     2003
Obseg     str. 27-9
Jezik     eng
Abstrakt     The case report of a 36-year-old-female oral contraceptives user and smoker with lethal pulmonary embolism is presented. Factor V Leiden (FVL) mutation was detected post mortem in DNA isolated from paraffin-embedded tissues. Post mortem detection of FVL mutation and ethical and legal aspects of autopsy genetic screening are discusses.
Deskriptorji     CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL
SMOKING
PULMONARY EMBOLISM
FACTOR V
ADULT
FATAL OUTCOME
AUTOPSY
DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS
POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION