Bruising and bleeding in infants and children - A practical approach

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 221-231

  Khair, Kate ^a   Liesner, Ri ^a  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bleeding; Bruising; Children; Investigation; Non accidental injury

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 ANTIPLASMIN; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; AUTOANTIBODY; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 13; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 9; FIBRINOGEN; GLYCOPROTEIN; HEPARIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR INHIBITOR 1; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ASCORBIC ACID DEFICIENCY; BLEEDING; BLEEDING DISORDER; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 13 DEFICIENCY; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7 DEFICIENCY; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR DEFICIENCY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLLAGEN DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENETIC DISORDER; GLANZMANN DISEASE; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HEMOPHILIA A; HEMOPHILIA B; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; INFANT DISEASE; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER DISEASE; NEWBORN HEMORRHAGIC DISEASE; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; REVIEW; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTE DISORDER; VITAMIN K DEFICIENCY; VON WILLEBRAND DISEASE;

BLOOD PLATELET DISORDERS; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CONTUSIONS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INFANT; VASCULAR HEMOSTATIC DISORDERS;

EID: 33645456832     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2006.06016.x     Document Type: Review

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