1. Familial hyperhomocysteinemia: multiple venous thrombosis in four generations of a family
- Author
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Sanjeev Gupta, Monika Gupta, Ved Prakash Choudhry, Rajiv K. Saxena, and Rafeeq P.H. Ahmed
- Subjects
Adult ,Male ,Nitroprusside ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Hyperhomocysteinemia ,Homocysteine ,Deep vein ,Lower limb ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Folic Acid ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,Humans ,Venous Thrombosis ,business.industry ,Vascular disease ,Hematology ,General Medicine ,medicine.disease ,Thrombosis ,Surgery ,Pedigree ,Venous thrombosis ,Vitamin B 12 ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,chemistry ,cardiovascular system ,Etiology ,Warfarin ,business - Abstract
We describe a family in which four generations (eight members) had deep vein thrombosis of the lower limb and three of the alive members had documented hyperhomocysteinemia. In addition, one of the family members had evidence of arterial thrombosis in the form of cerebral infarcts. Interestingly, all affected members in the family were males.
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- 2002