Congenital deficiency of factor VII.
A case of congenital factor VII deficiency in a five-year-old child is reported. The patient, born of a non-consanguineous marriage, presented with repeated bouts of epistaxis since childhood. The prothrombin time (PT) was markedly prolonged with a normal bleeding time (BT), partial thromboplastin time with Kaolin (PTTK) and platelet count. The patient has been on follow up for the last four years and is doing apparently well.
Sikka
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Department of Pathology, UCMS & GTB Hospital, Shahdara, Delhi.
Gomber
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Madan
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Rusia
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U
Sharma
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S
D001780:Blood Coagulation Tests; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004844:Epistaxis / Q000097:blood; D005168:Factor VII Deficiency / Q000097:blood / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012008:Recurrence