Venous thromboembolic disease in childhood epidemiology, risk factors and outcome

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Chapter 1 Venous thromboembolic disease in childhood: general introduction

Part I Incidence of venous thromboembolic disease in childhood

Chapter 2 Venous thromboembolism in childhood: a prospective two-year registry in The Netherlands

Part II Clinical presentation of venous thromboembolic disease in childhood

Chapter 3 Persistent tachypnea in children: Keep pulmonary embolism in mind

Chapter 4 Carbohydrate-deficient glycoprotein syndrome type 1a: a variant phenotype with borderline cognitive dysfunction, cerebellar hypoplasia, and coagulation disturbances.

Chapter 5 Postvaricella purpura fulminans caused by acquired protein S deficiency resulting from antiprotein S antibodies: search for the epitopes

Part III Risk factors of venous thromboembolic disease in childhood

Chapter 6 Pediatric venous thromboembolic disease (I): the role of prothrombotic disorders

Chapter 7 Acquired protein S deficiency caused by estrogen treatment of tall stature

Part IV Complications of venous thromboembolic disease in childhood

chapter 8 Pediatric venous thromboembolic disease (II): Mortality, recurrence, and the postthrombotic syndrome

chapter 9 The risk of the postthrombotic syndrome in children with congenital heart disease

chapter 10 Summary, general discussion and perspectives

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