The successful use of recombinant factor VIIa in a patient with vascular-type Ehlers-Danlos syndrome

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1277-1279

  Faber, P ^a   Craig, W L ^b   Duncan, J L ^b   Holliday, K ^b  

^a ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b RAIGMORE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coagulopathy; Ehlers Danlos syndrome vascular type; Haemostasis; Recombinant factor VIIa

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINANT BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7A;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; EHLERS DANLOS SYNDROME; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEMOPERITONEUM; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; OUTPATIENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EHLERS-DANLOS SYNDROME; FACTOR VIIA; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; STOMACH; VEINS;

EID: 34548590845     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2007.01416.x     Document Type: Article

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