Thromb Haemost 2005; 94(06): 1331-1332
DOI: 10.1160/TH05-06-1331
Case Report
Schattauer GmbH

Primary antiphospholipid syndrome and factor V Leiden mutation in a young patient with non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis and transient ischemic stroke

Konstantinos P. Letsas
1   Second Department of Cardiology, Evangelismos General Hospital of Athens, Athens, Greece
,
Gerasimos S. Filippatos
1   Second Department of Cardiology, Evangelismos General Hospital of Athens, Athens, Greece
,
Stavros P. Kounas
1   Second Department of Cardiology, Evangelismos General Hospital of Athens, Athens, Greece
,
Loukas K. Pappas
1   Second Department of Cardiology, Evangelismos General Hospital of Athens, Athens, Greece
,
Gerasimos Gavrielatos
1   Second Department of Cardiology, Evangelismos General Hospital of Athens, Athens, Greece
,
Fotios Kardaras
1   Second Department of Cardiology, Evangelismos General Hospital of Athens, Athens, Greece
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Publication History

Received 14 July 2005

Accepted after revision 13 October 2005

Publication Date:
07 December 2017 (online)

 

 
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