Inherited deficiencies of plasma proteins involved in blood coagulation generally lead to lifelong bleeding disorders. The severity of these disorders is generally inversely proportional to the degree of factor deficiency. Among all the autosomal recessive rare bleeding disorders, which include afibrinogenaemia, factor (F) II, FV, FV + VIII, FVII, FX, FXI, FXIII, the combined deficiency of coag...

background: role of genetic factors in etiology of preeclampsia is not confirmed yet. objective: gene defect frequency varies in different geographic areas as well as ethnic groups. in this study, the role of factor v leiden mutation in the pathogenesis of preeclampsia syndrome among the pregnant population of northern shore of persian gulf in iran, were considered. materials and methods: betwe...

A method for the measurement of serum folic acid activity is described, which is a modification of previous methods. The material in serum with activity for L. casei is made up of a stable and a labile component. The amount of stable component in normal subjects and patients with megaloblastic anaemia is similar. The amount of labile component varies. In patients with folic acid deficiency none...

Current guidelines discourage combined oral contraceptive (COC) use in women with hereditary thrombophilic defects. However, qualifying all hereditary thrombophilic defects as similarly strong risk factors might be questioned. Recent studies indicate the risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) of a factor V Leiden mutation as considerably lower than a deficiency of protein C, protein S, or antithr...

factor v leiden deficiency is the most common hereditary hypercoagulable disease in the united states and involves 5% of the caucasian population. up to 30% of patients who present with deep vein thrombosis (dvt) or pulmonary thromboembolism present with this condition. this is a case report of a 36-year-old man who experienced one episode of dvt within the previous year and was admitted to our...

Previous studies have examined the relationship between specific nutrient and food intakes with limited markers of either inflammation or oxidant status. The objective of this study was to determine if an increase in combined self-reported fruit and vegetable (F&V) intake in a community setting was associated with improved multiple markers of inflammatory and oxidant status. A community group (...