Thrombophilia ad dies vitae

Thesis

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Table of contents

Chapter 1: General introduction and outline of the thesis

Chapter 2: Thrombophilia and venous thromboembolism : implications for testing

Chapter 3: Thrombophilia testing for prevention of recurrent venous thromboembolism

Chapter 4: The psychological impact of testing for thrombophilia : a systematic review

Chapter 5: Quality of life after pulmonary embolism : the development of the Pulmonary Embolism Quality of Life questionnaire (PEmb-QoL)

Chapter 6: Quality of life after pulmonary embolism : validation of the Pulmonary Embolism Quality of Life questionnaire (PEmb-QoL)

Chapter 7: Venous thrombosis is associated with hyperglycaemia at diagnosis : a case-control study

Chapter 8: Stress-induced hyperglycaemia and venous thromboembolism following total hip or total knee arthroplasty

Chapter 9: Common genetic variation at the Endothelial Lipase (LIPG) locus and the risk of coronary artery disease and deep venous thrombosis

Chapter 10: Risk of postpartum haemorrhage in women receiving therapeutic doses of low-molecular-weight heparins : a cohort-study

Chapter 11: Recurrent miscarriage in women with and without antiphospholipid syndrome : prognosis for the next pregnancy outcome

Chapter 12: Increased sperm count maintains high population frequency of factor V Leiden

Appendix: A call for a uniform reference format for submission of manuscripts

Summary

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