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Related Subjects: Thrombophilia testing |Antiphospholipid syndrome |Protein C Deficiency |Protein S Deficiency |Prothrombin 20210A mutation |Factor V Leiden Deficiency |Antithrombin III deficiency (AT3) |Cerebral Venous Sinus thrombosis |Budd-Chiari syndrome
Post-partum period is a risk factor of cortical vein and sinus thrombosis. The combination of CVST and thrombocytopenia had been identified very rarely in those receiving COVID vaccination
Name | Frequency |
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Factor V Leiden mutation | 3-7% |
Prothrombin gene mutation | 1-2% |
Antithrombin deficiency | 3 |
Protein C deficiency | 0.3% |
Protein S deficiency | 0.1% |