Scorbutus in a Baby with Hemorrhagic Diathesis

Factor 13 deficiency with severe hemorrhagic diathesis.

A HEMORRHAGIC DIATHESIS due to a congenital deficiency of fibrin stabilizing factor (f.s.f.) was first described in 1960 by Duckert et al.1 Five other cases were discovered since, in different cOuntries.2'6 The fibrin stabilizing factor (Lorand-Laki factor, fibrinase of Loewy), known and investigated in vitro for almost 20 years,7-11 was accepted in 1963 as one of the clotting factors-i.e. Fact...

A hemorrhagic diathesis due to a qualitative platelet defect.

Hemorrhagic Diathesis in Borrelia recurrentis Infection Imported to Germany

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Severe Hemorrhagic Diathesis in a Patient with Prostat Adenocarsinoma and Diagnostic Approach

Disseminated intravascular coagulation, acquired hemophilia, and hyperfibrinolysis induced by prostate adenocarcinoma were first considered in the differential diagnosis of a patient who had been diagnosed with prostate adenocarcinoma and complicated with hemorrhage. Clinical progression and lack of response to other treatments directed us toward the diagnosis of hyperfibrinolysis and tranexami...

Thrombotic state after a hemorrhagic diathesis, a possible complication of therapy with epsilon-aminocapproic acid.