A case of purpura fulminans secondary to transient protein C deficiency as a complication of chickenpox infection

Turkish Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 148-151

  Canpolat, Cengiz ^a   Bakir, Mustafa ^a  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Chickenpox; Protein C deficiency; Purpura fulminans

Indexed keywords

D DIMER; FIBRINOGEN; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; HEPARIN; PARACETAMOL; PROTEIN C;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLEEDING TENDENCY; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; CASE REPORT; CHICKENPOX; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FOLLOW UP; FULMINATING PURPURA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PROTEIN C DEFICIENCY; PUNCH BIOPSY; RASH; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; THROMBOSIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; URINALYSIS;

ANTICOAGULANTS; BLOOD COMPONENT TRANSFUSION; CHICKENPOX; CHILD; FEMALE; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HEPARIN; HUMANS; PROTEIN C DEFICIENCY; PROTHROMBIN TIME; PURPURA, SCHOENLEIN-HENOCH;

EID: 0036116854     PISSN: 00414301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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