title: Congenital Afibrinogenemia presenting as antenatal intracranial bleed: a case report.
abstract: Congenital afibrinogenemia is a very rare inherited coagulation disorder, characterized by virtual absence of plasma fibrinogen (factor I). There are only about 250 cases reported in the world literature 1. We describe a case of congenital afibrinogenemia which presented as an antenatally detected intracranial bleed.
authors.affiliation: Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences (AIMS), Kochi, Kerala, India. gopan2596@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Gopakumar
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hariharan
authors.forename: Sivji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ramachandran
authors.forename: Rajiv
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Parapurath
mesh_terms: D000347:Afibrinogenemia / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005340:Fibrinogen / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D020300:Intracranial Hemorrhages / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D005340:Fibrinogen