title: Umbilical bleeding: a presenting feature for congenital afibrinogenemia.
abstract: Congenital afibrinogenemia is a very rare inherited coagulation disorder characterized by absence of plasma fibrinogen (factor I). There are only about 250 cases reported in the world literature. We describe a case of congenital afibrinogenemia which presented as an umbilical cord bleeding.
authors.affiliation: aDepartment of Pediatrics, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences bStudents' Research Committee, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Hassan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Abolghasemi
authors.forename: Ehsan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Shahverdi
mesh_terms: D000347:Afibrinogenemia / Q000151:congenital*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D014470:Umbilical Cord / Q000002:abnormalities*