Article
Activated protein C resistance in a neonate with venous thrombosis.
The Journal of pediatrics - 1 Oct 1995
Kodish E, Potter C, Kirschbaum N E, Foster P A
Abstract excerpt
A term infant had a life-threatening inferior venal caval thrombosis during the first 24 hours of life. The plasma from the infant and his mother was found to be resistant to activated protein C and to be heterozygous for the factor V mutation (FV Leiden) associated with this disorder. The presen...
Topics
- Antithrombin III
- Factor V
- Gene Amplification
- Genotype
- Humans
- Infant, Newborn
- Male
- Mutagenesis
- Partial Thromboplastin Time
- Pedigree
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Protein C
- Prothrombin Time
- Thrombophlebitis