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A neonate with homozygous protein C deficiency with a homozygous Arg178Trp mutation.
Journal of pediatric hematology/oncology - 1 Aug 2008
Ozlu Ferda, Kyotani Mayu, Taskin Erdal, Ozcan Kenan, Kojima Tetsuhito, Matsushita Tadashi, Yapicioğlu Hacer, Takagi Akira, Saşmaz Ilgen, Satar Mehmet, Narli Nejat
Abstract excerpt
Homozygous protein C deficiency affects approximately 1/400,000 to 1/1,000,000 live births. Homozygous protein C deficiency is associated with catastrophic and fatal purpura fulminans-like or thrombotic complications and disseminated intravascular coagulation. In the present patient, genetic study revealed Arg178Trp, a mutation found widely in European population; but this is the first case of homozygous...
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