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When would you perform a thrombophilia workup in a pediatric patient presenting with VTE?

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Do you always perform thrombophilia testing in a pediatric patient with first-time VTE?

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Pediatric Hematology/Oncology · George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
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I was trained to do workup in cases of unprovoked VTE and still practice that way mainly to guide the length of anticoagulation therapy as well as prophylaxis. I must admit though, in pediatrics I have come to realize there is more practice based on experience and extrapolation from adult data than ...

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