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Inherited defects of the protein C anticoagulant system in childhood thrombo-embolism.
European journal of pediatrics - 1 Nov 1996
Nowak-Göttl U, Auberger K, Göbel U, Kreuz W, Schneppenheim R, Vielhaber H, Zenz W, Zieger B
Abstract excerpt
Childhood thrombo-embolism is mostly the result of inherited thrombophilia or vascular insults combined with risk factors such as peripartal asphyxia, fetopathia diabetica, exsiccosis, septicaemia, central lines, congenital heart disease, cancer, trauma, surgery or elevated antiphospholipid antibodies. Inherited thrombophilia includes mainly defects of the protein C pathway, resistance to activated protein C,...
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