[Role of acquired protein C deficiency in a case of pulmonary arterial and multiple venous thromboses].
After surgical repair at birth of an omphalocele, a one-year old child died with pulmonary hypertension; multiple venous thromboses were associated with pulmonary arterial thrombosis and acquired protein C deficiency. The features of pulmonary embolism in children are reviewed and the role of protein C deficiency is discussed.
Ducloux
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Unité de réanimation infantile, hôpital Calmette, Lille, France.
Martinot
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Leclerc
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Jude
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B
D005260:Female; D006554:Hernia, Umbilical / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000209:etiology; D007223:Infant; D020151:Protein C Deficiency; D011651:Pulmonary Artery; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology*; D013924:Thrombophlebitis / Q000209:etiology*
Rôle du déficit acquis en protéine C dans une observation de thromboses artérielle pulmonaire et veineuses multiples.