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First venous thromboembolism in admitted patients younger than 50years old

  • Anne-Laure Roupie
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    Département de Médecine Interne, Hôpital Bichat, Université Paris Diderot, PRES Sorbonne Paris Cité, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France
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  • Antoine Dossier
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    Département de Médecine Interne, Hôpital Bichat, Université Paris Diderot, PRES Sorbonne Paris Cité, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France
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  • Tiphaine Goulenok
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    Département de Médecine Interne, Hôpital Bichat, Université Paris Diderot, PRES Sorbonne Paris Cité, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France
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  • Anne Perozziello
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    Département d'Epidémiologie, Biostatistiques et Recherche Clinique, Hôpital Bichat, Université Paris Diderot, PRES Sorbonne Paris Cité, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France
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  • Thomas Papo
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    Département de Médecine Interne, Hôpital Bichat, Université Paris Diderot, PRES Sorbonne Paris Cité, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France

    INSERM U1149, Paris, France

    Département Hospitalo-Universitaire FIRE (Fibrosis, Inflammation and Remodelling in Renal and Respiratory Diseases), Paris, France
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  • Karim Sacre
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    Corresponding author at: Department of Internal Medicine, Bichat Hospital, APHP, 46 rue Henri Huchard, 75018 Paris, France. Tel.: +33 140256019; fax: +33 140258845.
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    Département de Médecine Interne, Hôpital Bichat, Université Paris Diderot, PRES Sorbonne Paris Cité, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France

    INSERM U1149, Paris, France

    Département Hospitalo-Universitaire FIRE (Fibrosis, Inflammation and Remodelling in Renal and Respiratory Diseases), Paris, France
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Published:May 23, 2016DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejim.2016.05.013
First venous thromboembolism in admitted patients younger than 50years old
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      Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is uncommon in young adults [
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      • Salameh P.
      • Waked M.
      Lower extremity venous thrombosis in patients younger than 50 years of age.
      Vasc Health Risk Manag. 2012; 8: 161-167
      ,
      • Tsai A.W.
      • Cushman M.
      • Rosamond W.D.
      • Heckbert S.R.
      • Polak J.F.
      • Folsom A.R
      Cardiovascular risk factors and venous thromboembolism incidence: the longitudinal investigation of thromboembolism etiology.
      Arch Intern Med. 2002; 162: 1182-1189
      ]. The aim of this study was to define the frequency, risk factors and associated diseases in patients younger than 50 admitted with a first VTE episode.

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      Publication history

      Published online: May 23, 2016
      Accepted: May 11, 2016
      Received: May 6, 2016

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      DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejim.2016.05.013

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