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Prothrombin G20210A

 * ... that prothrombin G20210A carriers who take oral contraceptives are at a 15-fold increased risk of developing blood clots in their veins (venous thrombosis)?
 * Comment: The sentence that the hook is sourced to combines two primary sources: Heterozygous factor V Leiden carriers or prothrombin 20210A carriers have a 15- to 30-fold increased risk of thrombosis when they use oral contraceptives.84,105 The abstract of the factor V Leiden paper (ref 84) gives an increased incidence of 34.7-fold, while the G20210 paper (105) gives an increased incidence of 16.3-fold, thus the range in the italicized sentence above.

Created/expanded by Biosthmors (talk). Self nom at 19:52, 23 January 2012 (UTC)


 * Symbol confirmed.svg At 1620 bits (250 words) I think this scrapes past the length criterion. It also passes on date of creation, sourcing and hook. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 09:23, 25 January 2012 (UTC)