[The variant prothrombin allele contributes to the risk of thrombosis in carriers of other genetic risk factors (eg, factor V Leiden); also, this allele seems not to be an important risk factor for arterial thrombosis, unless risk factors for cardiovascular disease (eg, smoking) also are present.]. Sentence from MEDLINE/PubMed, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
Gene-disease associations inferred from text-mining the literature.
DisGeNET evidence - LITERATURE