Congenital hypofibrinogenemia.
Congenital afibrinogenemia/hypofibrinogenemia is an extremely rare coagulation disorder. We describe a case of congenital hypofibrinogenemia in a 6-year female child, who presented with recurrent ecchymotic spots with no frank bleeding.
Awasthy
Neeraj
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Department of Pediatrics, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi 110 029, India.
Aggarwal
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Gupta
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Saluja
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D000347:Afibrinogenemia / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital* / Q000628:therapy; D001778:Blood Coagulation Disorders / Q000151:congenital / Q000628:therapy; D002648:Child; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D011379:Prognosis; D012008:Recurrence; D012720:Severity of Illness Index