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Factor X deficiency and intracranial bleeding: who is at risk?
Haemophilia : the official journal of the World Federation of Hemophilia - 1 Sept 2011
Rauch R, Girisch M, Wiegand G, Schroeder W, Hofbeck M, Welisch E, Wulff K
Abstract excerpt
Very few mutations of the gene encoding for coagulation factor X (FX) have been found associated with intracranial haemorrhage (ICH) due to FX deficiency (FXD). No guidelines exist as to when prophylaxis in FXD should be started and how patients at risk for ICH can be identified. We report on a novel mutation causative for ICH in a family of Iranian origin and provide a summary of all published mutations in the...
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