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Severe congenital factor X deficiency with intracranial haemorrhage

✍ Scribed by T. Sumer; M. Ahmad; N. K. Sumer; M. I. Al-Mouzan

Publisher
Springer
Year
1986
Tongue
English
Weight
518 KB
Volume
145
Category
Article
ISSN
0340-6997

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✦ Synopsis

A Saudi Arabian infant with severe factor X deficiency who had had two intracranial haemorrhages is described. Attempts to raise his factor X level and improve his prothrombin time (PT) and partial thromboplastin time (PTT) by using vitamin K, oestradiol and danazol have failed. New therapeutic trials are necessary for patients with severe forms of this rare disorder.

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