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Frequency Of Hereditary Thrombophilia: An Akuh Experience., Safoorah Khalid, Raihan Sajid, Salman Adil, Mohammad Khurshid
Frequency Of Hereditary Thrombophilia: An Akuh Experience., Safoorah Khalid, Raihan Sajid, Salman Adil, Mohammad Khurshid
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Abstract
Objective: To determine the frequency of various causes of hereditary thrombophilia at a referral laboratory and the age and gender distribution.
Methods: This is a descriptive study incorporating a retrospective analysis of requests for thrombophilia screening sent to Clinical laboratory, Aga Khan University Hospital from November 1995 to May 2002.
Patients were screened for hereditary causes of thrombophilia including Protein C, Protein S, antithrombin III, Factor V Leiden and homocysteine. Frequency of each disorder; and age and sex distribution was determined.
Results: All the patients suspected clinically for thrombophilia were screened. Of the 2825 patients, 70 were diagnosed to …