A 26-Year-Old Caucasian Female Is Found to Have a Single

A 26-year-old Caucasian female is found to have a single amino acid substitution (glutamine for arginine) near the protein C cleavage site in her coagulation factor V gene product.  The patient is at greatest risk for developing which of the following conditions?

A) Petechiae and ecchymoses
B) Recurrent hemarthroses
C) Renal artery stenosis
D) Splenic infarction
E) Pulmonary thromboembolism

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