Preliminary experience with the use of recombinant factor VIIa to treat coagulation disturbances in pediatric patients

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 12-16

  Tobias, Joseph D ^a   Groeper, Kelly ^a   Berkenbosch, John W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOGEN; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; RECOMBINANT BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7A;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRYOPRECIPITATE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SCREENING; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERNATIONAL STANDARD UNIT; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PROTHROMBIN TIME; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD COAGULATION DISORDERS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FACTOR VIIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PLATELET COUNT; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037279906     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.SMJ.0000047629.79538.82     Document Type: Article

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