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Thrombomodulin levels in Behçet's disease with and without the factor V Leiden mutation
1Department of Pediatric Hematology, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
Clinical Rheumatology
|August 7, 1998
Abstract:
The plasma levels of thrombomodulin (TM) in 34 patients with Behçet's disease and 79 healthy control subjects were studied. Eight patients had the factor V Leiden (FVL) mutation. The TM level was significantly lower in patients with the FVL mutation than in patients without the mutation and in the healthy controls (p < 0.05 and p < 0.01). However, there was no difference in overall mean plasma TM concentration between the patients without the mutation and the healthy controls.