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Published on: September 20, 2018
[Congenital afibrinogenemia: about a case]
Karim Assani1, Lamya Karboubi1, Badr Sououd Benjelloun Dakhama1
1Service des Urgences Pédiatriques, Hôpital d'Enfants, Rabat, CHU Ibn-Sina, Maroc.
Abstract:
Afibrinogenemia is a rare dyscrasia characterized by a congenital fibrinogen deficiency It is transmitted in an autosomal recessive manner. Hemorrhagic manifestations are variable and can be life-threatening. A little more than 250 cases have been published up till now. We here report a new case of congenital afibrinogenemia in a 3 1/2-year old child hospitalized for medium abundance hematemesis. This case study aims to highlight numerous aspects of this condition from a clinical, biological, genetic and therapeutic points of view.
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