[Factor XIII deficiency in a newborn].
Factor XIII deficiency is an uncommon inherited disorder which is characterized by umbilical cord bleeding and an unusually high incidence of intracranial hemorrhage. We report here a case of Factor XIII deficiency in a child that presented a caput. succedaneum as the first manifestation of the disease and then an umbilical cord bleeding. The importance of performing a quantitative FXIII assay in the presence of strong clinical suspicion is strengthened because of the normality of the standard screening tests and the important therapeutic consequences.
Diehl
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Unité d'hématologie pédiatrique, CHU de Saint-Etienne, hôpital Nord, avenue Albert-Raimond, 42055 Saint-Etienne cedex 02, France.
Thouvenin
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Reynaud
J
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Jamal-Bey
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Teyssier
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Stéphan
J-L
JL
Berger
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D005177:Factor XIII Deficiency / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male