Bilateral leukocoria in a patient with homozygous protein C deficiency

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1129-1132

  Khan, Nasrat M ^a   Al Dohayan, Noura D ^a   Al Batiniji, Fatima S S ^a  

^a Prince Sultan Military Medical City   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; PROTEIN C; WARFARIN;

ARTICLE; BLISTER; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE EXAMINATION; FULMINATING PURPURA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LEUKOKORIA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROTEIN C DEFICIENCY; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA DETACHMENT SURGERY; SLIT LAMP; VITREOUS HEMORRHAGE; ANAPHYLACTOID PURPURA; HOMOZYGOTE; NEWBORN; PUPIL DISEASE;

HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PROTEIN C DEFICIENCY; PUPIL DISORDERS; PURPURA, SCHOENLEIN-HENOCH;

EID: 34548413108     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 16583175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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