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ISRN Vascular Medicine
Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 827483, 5 pages
doi:10.5402/2011/827483
Clinical Study

Predisposing Factors for Deep Venous Thrombosis in Children and Adolescents with Nephrotic Syndrome

Gabriela de Toledo Passos Candelaria1 and Vera Maria Santoro Belangero2

1State University of Campinas, P.O. Box 6111, 13083-970 Campinas, SP, Brazil
2Department of Pediatric, State University of Campinas, P.O. Box 6111, 13083-970 Campinas, SP, Brazil

Received 17 August 2011; Accepted 28 September 2011

Academic Editor: M. Jayachandran

Copyright © 2011 Gabriela de Toledo Passos Candelaria and Vera Maria Santoro Belangero. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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