Sickle cell trait: is there an increased VTE risk in pregnancy and the postpartum?

Blacks are purported to have a higher venous thromboembolism (VTE) risk than whites. We hypothesized that this might be due, in part, to the greater presence of sickle cell trait (SCT) among blacks. We investigated whether the presence of SCT resulted in a higher VTE incidence in a population predis...

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Main Authors: Sofya Pintova, Hillel W Cohen, Henny H Billett
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3661437?pdf=render