title: Mesenteric artery thrombosis: a case report of combined protein S and protein C deficiency.
abstract: Individuals with more than one defect in natural coagulant/anticoagulant systems have been postulated to be at an increased risk for thrombotic events. We report a case of combined protein S and C deficiency in a young woman, which resulted in fatal arterial mesenteric thrombosis. The role of coagulation defects in arterial thrombosis is discussed.
authors.affiliation: UCSF-Stanford Health Care, Stanford, California 94305, USA. katkins@pathology.stanford.edu
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Atkins
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Zehnder
mesh_terms: D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017538:Mesenteric Artery, Superior; D008875:Middle Aged; D020151:Protein C Deficiency; D018455:Protein S Deficiency / Q000150:complications