Recombinant factor XIII: a safe and novel treatment for congenital factor XIII deficiency
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Recombinant factor XIII: a safe and novel treatment for congenital factor XIII deficiency.
Congenital factor XIII (FXIII) deficiency is a rare, autosomal-recessive disorder, with most patients having an A-subunit (FXIII-A) deficiency. Patients experience life-threatening bleeds, impaired wound healing, and spontaneous abortions. In many countries, only plasma or cryoprecipitate treatments are available, but these carry a risk for allergic reactions and infection with blood-borne path...
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عنوان ژورنال: Blood
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0006-4971,1528-0020
DOI: 10.1182/blood-2011-10-386045