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Severe digital necrosis in an elderly patient with heterozygous factor V Leiden mutation.
The British journal of dermatology - 1 Dec 2000
Patel G K, Morris E, Rashid M R, Anstey A V
Abstract excerpt
We report an 81-year-old female with a heterozygous factor V Leiden mutation who developed purpura fulminans. Digital necrosis, a characteristic clinical feature of purpura fulminans was prominent. Purpura fulminans is more common in children and adult cases are rare. Of eight reported cases of purpura fulminans resulting from a heterozygous factor V Leiden mutation recorded in the literature, only two were in...
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