Cerebral Venous Thrombosis and the G20210A Mutation of Factor II To the Editor: In addition to the article of Longstreth et al1 recently published in Stroke, we describe 2 cases of stroke due to cerebral venous thrombosis with the G20210A mutation as only risk factor. After sequencing of the gene for human prothrombin (factor II) by Degen and Davie2 in 1987, a new mutation of prothrombin (G2021...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the possible link between the G20210A prothrombin gene variant and different forms of ischaemic heart disease. DESIGN Phenotype-specific meta-analysis of 19 studies published within March 2002, globally including 4944 patients and 7090 controls. Sample size, inclusion criteria, geographical location, clinical presentation, age, cardiovascular risk factors, and angiogr...

METHODS AND RESULTS Forty eight consecutive patients with SLE were included (39 women, 9 men), 15 with and 33 without past thrombosis (Th and NTh group, respectively). Twenty thrombotic events were identified: 17 deep venous and 1 arterial thrombosis, 2 osteonecrosis. Both groups had comparable clinical, biological, therapeutic data, and mean (SD) SLE disease activity index (SLEDAI) (5 (4.6) v ...

Objective: To investigate the possible link between the G20210A prothrombin gene variant and different forms of ischaemic heart disease. Design: Phenotype-specific meta-analysis of 19 studies published within March 2002, globally including 4944 patients and 7090 controls. Sample size, inclusion criteria, geographical location, clinical presentation, age, cardiovascular risk factors, and angiogr...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the role of factor V Leiden, prothrombin G20210A polymorphism, plasminogen activator inhibitor type 1 (PAI-1) 4G/5G polymorphism, PAI-1, homocysteine, and lipoprotein (a) (Lp(a)) in the occurrence of major adverse cardiac events (MACE) in patients with acute coronary syndromes who underwent coronary stenting. DESIGN 520 patients (375 men and 145 women) with acute coronar...

The aim of this study was to investigate the possible role of multiple inherited thrombophilic gene variations in women with unexplained spontaneous abortions. For this purpose, the Factor V Leiden (FVL) (rs6025), Prothrombin G20210A (rs1799963), MTHFR C677T (rs1801133), PAI-1 4G/5G (rs1799889), ACE I/D (rs1799752), eNOS E298D (rs1799983), and Apo E E2/E3/E4 (rs429358) polymorphisms were genoty...

Women with thrombophilia are at an increased risk of not only venous thromboembolism, but various other complications including intrauterine foetal growth retardation, pre-eclampsia and foetal loss. Both inherited and acquired thrombophilias contribute to thrombotic events and their adverse outcome in pregnancy. The major inherited thrombophilias include deficiencies of antithrombin, protein C,...