Successful treatment of two brothers with congenital afibrinogenemia for splenic rupture using heat- and solvent detergent-treated fibrinogen concentrates

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 462-465

  Shima, Midori ^a   Tanaka, Ichiro ^a   Sawamoto, Yoshikatsu ^a   Kanehiro, Hiromichi ^a   Matsuo, Naoki ^a   Nishimura, Akira ^b   Giddings, John C ^c   Yoshioka, Akira ^a  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b PL Hospital   (Japan)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Afibrinogenemia; Fibrinogen concentrates; Splenectomy; Splenic rupture

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOGEN;

ABDOMINAL BLEEDING; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FIBRINOGEN DEFECT; FIBROGENESIS; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SPLEEN RUPTURE; SPLENECTOMY;

EID: 0031406349     PISSN: 10774114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043426-199709000-00011     Document Type: Article

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