Pulmonary Embolism Due to Protein S Deficiency in Pregnancy

Objective: Inherited thrombophilia is an uncommon disease that may cause recurrent thrombosis and may complicate pregnancy. A patient with protein S deficiency suffered antepartum deep venous thrombosis (DVT) and antepartum pulmonary embolism (PE) in the following pregnancy. She had both successful...

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Main Authors: Pek-Ha Mak, Ming-Kwang Shyu, Chien-Nan Lee, Fon-Jou Hsieh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2005-09-01
Series:Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1028455909601601