A patient whose factor xiii level was decreased by double filtrate plasmapheresis and successfully recovered by infusion of factor xiii concentrate

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 432-433

  Hanafusa, Norio ^a   Aozasa, Naohiko ^b   Fujita, Toshiro ^a,c  

^a Department of Hemodialysis and Apheresis ^*  (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 13; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 13 CONCENTRATE; HEPARIN;

ADULT; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; DOUBLE FILTRATION PLASMAPHERESIS; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; PEMPHIGUS FOLIACEUS; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; FACTOR XIII DEFICIENCY; FILTRATION; HEMORRHAGE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PEMPHIGUS;

FACTOR XIII; FACTOR XIII DEFICIENCY; FILTRATION; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEMPHIGUS; PLASMAPHERESIS;

EID: 77955060399     PISSN: 17449979     EISSN: 17449987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-9987.2010.00816.x     Document Type: Letter

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