Neonatal purpura fulminans due to protein C deficiency
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Management of neonatal purpura fulminans with severe protein C deficiency.
Neonatal purpura fulminans is a life threatening clinical entity characterized by extensive subcutaneous thrombosis and disseminated intravascular coagulation usually manifesting shortly after birth. We report an autosomal recessive form of the disease in a neonate who was diagnosed with compound heterozygosity for mutations in his protein C gene as the molecular basis of his disorder.
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عنوان ژورنال: Ceylon Medical Journal
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2386-1274,0009-0875
DOI: 10.4038/cmj.v45i3.8116