Autoimmune factor XIII deficiency with unusual laboratory and clinical phenotype.

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Hemorrhagic diathesis due to anti-factor XIII (FXIII) autoantibody is a rare but severe disorder. Challenges of the diagnosis and treatment is demonstrated by the case of a 67-year-old female without previous bleeding history, who suffered a huge muscular hematoma. Without blank subtraction 18% plasma FXIII activity was measured; however, after correction for blank the activity was below the limit of detection...

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