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Measurement of Factor V Activity in Human Plasma Using a Microplate Coagulation Assay
Published on: September 9, 2012
[Congenital factor V deficiency and intraventricular hemorrhage of prenatal origin]
G Bonvini1, A Cotta-Ramusino, G Ricciardi
1Divisione di Pediatria, Ospedale Città di Sesto S. Giovanni (MI), Italia.
Abstract:
The Authors describe a case of congenital coagulation factor V deficiency with severe prenatal intraventricular hemorrhage. Factor V is an essential enzyme catalysing the process of thrombin generation. Low levels of enzyme were also found in both parents, who demonstrate subclinic alterations of coagulation parameters. The severe deficiency of factor V in the newborn (8%) caused frequent and severe intracranial and gastric hemorrhages that brought newborn to death in few weeks.
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