Article
Problems of oral anticoagulation in an adult with homozygous protein C deficiency and late onset of thrombosis.
Thrombosis and haemostasis - 1 Apr 1993
Pescatore P, Horellou H M, Conard J, Piffoux M, Van Dreden P, Ruskone-Fourmestraux A, Samama M
Abstract excerpt
We describe a 57-year-old woman with homozygous protein C deficiency and mild thrombotic manifestations consisting of three spontaneous distal deep vein thromboses occurring after the age of 45. Previous surgery and pregnancies had been uneventful. Low but detectable protein C antigen and activit...
Topics
- Acenocoumarol
- Administration, Oral
- Age Factors
- Blood Coagulation Disorders
- Contraindications
- Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation
- Drug Therapy, Combination
- Female
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Heparin
- Homozygote
- Humans
- Middle Aged
- Necrosis
- Protein C Deficiency
- Skin
- Skin Diseases
- Thrombophlebitis