Genotype phenotype correlation in a pediatric population with antithrombin deficiency.

Inherited antithrombin (AT) deficiency is a rare autosomal dominant disorder, caused by mutations in the AT gene (SERPINC1). Considering that the genotype phenotype relationship in AT deficiency patients remains unclear, especially in pediatric patients, the aim of our study was to evaluate genotype phenotype correlation in a Serbian pediatric population. A retrospective cohort study included 19 children younger than 18 years, from 15 Serbian families, with newly diagnosed AT deficiency.

The influence of specific mutations in the AT gene (SERPINC1) on the type of pregnancy related complications.

Background: Inherited antithrombin (AT) deficiency is a rare autosomal dominant disorder, caused by mutations in the SERPINC1 gene. The most common clinical presentation in AT deficient patients includes venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism, while the association of AT deficiency and its effect on the development of pregnancy complications has been less studied. The aim of our research was to evaluate the effect of AT deficiency types, determined by genotyping, on pregnancy outcomes.

Deficiencies of the Natural Anticoagulants - Novel Clinical Laboratory Aspects of Thrombophilia Testing.

Venous thrombosis is a typical common complex disease as acquired and genetic causes play a role in its development. The different "loss of function" mutations of the natural anticoagulant system lead to antithrombin (AT), protein C (PC) and protein S (PS) deficiencies. Since thrombophilia testing has high cost and it has several methodological issues (analytical, pre-analytical), which makes the interpretation of results difficult, considerations should be made on the indications of testing, on the parameters that are measured and on the best available method to use.

Early onset of abdominal venous thrombosis in a newborn with homozygous type II heparin-binding site antithrombin deficiency.

: The overall incidence of thromboembolic events in the neonatal period is 5 per 100 000 births, wherein more than 40% of all such manifestations are symptomatic renal vein thromboses. We describe the case of a newborn female who developed extensive thrombosis, which filled the inferior vena cava and renal vein and was diagnosed in the first weeks of life. A homozygous type II heparin-binding site antithrombin deficiency (c.