Click on the Resource Below

PDF/Printable

Key Points

National Hemophilia Foundation
Sept/Oct 2001

PDF

What is thrombophilia? Who has it? How are people with thrombophilia cared for? Acquired and hereditary factors.

University of Michigan Health Systems Hemophilia and Coagulation Disorders Program
February 2003

Printable

What is thrombophilia? Acquired risk factors; clots and clot formation; inherited risk factors * Also in Spanish

Merck

No

Causes, symptoms, complications, diagnosis and treatment

Congenital Thrombophilias; Produced by Lifeblood:               The Thrombosis Charity.

PDF

Summarizes all major congenital/inherited thrombophilias including factor V Leiden, prothrombin G20210A, protein C deficiency, protein S deficiency, antithrombin deficiency and rarer disorders like dysfibrinogenemia. Provides a general description, discussed inheritance, and implications for blood clots and pregnancy complications.