Factor XIII deficiency mistaken for battered child syndrome: Case of "correct" test ordering negated by a commonly accepted qualitative test with limited negative predictive value

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 328-330

  Newman, Richard S ^a   Jalili, Mehrdad ^b   Kolls, Bradley J ^c   Dietrich, Rosalind ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coagulopathy; Factor XIII deficiency; Unexplained hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 13;

ARTICLE; BATTERED CHILD SYNDROME; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 13 DEFICIENCY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; HUMAN; MALE; PLASMA TRANSFUSION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; UREA SOLUBILITY TEST;

BATTERED CHILD SYNDROME; BLOOD COAGULATION TESTS; BLOOD COMPONENT TRANSFUSION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FACTOR XIII DEFICIENCY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036891915     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.10225     Document Type: Article

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