Successful treatment of acquired factor V inhibitor with corticosteroids
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Acquired Factor V Inhibitor
Inhibitors directed against factor V rarely occur, and the clinical symptoms vary. We herein report the case of a patient who presented with a decreased factor V activity that had decreased to <3 %. We administered vitamin K and 6 units of fresh frozen plasma, but she thereafter developed an intracerebral hemorrhage. It is unclear whether surgery >10 years earlier might have caused the developm...
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عنوان ژورنال: Japanese Journal of Thrombosis and Hemostasis
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1880-8808,0915-7441
DOI: 10.2491/jjsth.21.391