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[Risk factors for venous thromboembolism]

H Vinazzer1

  • 1Laboratorium für Blutgerinnung, Linz.

In addition to the well known general risk factors for thromboembolic events certain alterations of the clotting system are of considerable importance and are, therefore, described in detail. Such preexisting alterations should be suspected when spontaneous thrombosis is found in patients under 40 years of age and when there is also a history of thrombosis in the patient's family.

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