Congenital afibrinogenaemia in a Saudi family: a case report and family study.
Afibrinogenaemia in a female Saudi child is reported. Two siblings died of bleeding. The parents, who are first cousins, a brother and two sisters are asymptomatic heterozygotes with fibrinogen levels of less than 1.5 g/l. The presentation was described and compared to other cases reported.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000347:Afibrinogenemia / Q000097:blood / Q000151:congenital* / Q000235:genetics; D001780:Blood Coagulation Tests; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006580:Genetic Carrier Screening; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010375:Pedigree; D012529:Saudi Arabia