Fletcher factor deficiency in a woman requiring emergency caesarean section
Odumosu, M.C.
Fletcher factor deficiency in a woman requiring emergency caesarean section - 2009
NMUH Staff Publications 29
<span style="font-size: 8pt;"><span style="line-height: 18.719999313354492px;">Fletcher factor deficiency (low plasma prekallikrein level) is a rare clotting defect characterised by a prolonged partial thromboplastin time (APTT) </span><em style="line-height: 18.719999313354492px;">in vitro</em><span style="line-height: 18.719999313354492px;"> but normal thrombin and bleeding times. Wepresent a case of prolonged APTT in labour needing an emergency caesarean section (CS) found to have Fletcher factor deficiency.</span><br style="line-height: 18.719999313354492px;" /></span><span style="line-height: 18.719999313354492px;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;"><br /><br /></span><br /></span>
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Fletcher factor deficiency in a woman requiring emergency caesarean section - 2009
NMUH Staff Publications 29
<span style="font-size: 8pt;"><span style="line-height: 18.719999313354492px;">Fletcher factor deficiency (low plasma prekallikrein level) is a rare clotting defect characterised by a prolonged partial thromboplastin time (APTT) </span><em style="line-height: 18.719999313354492px;">in vitro</em><span style="line-height: 18.719999313354492px;"> but normal thrombin and bleeding times. Wepresent a case of prolonged APTT in labour needing an emergency caesarean section (CS) found to have Fletcher factor deficiency.</span><br style="line-height: 18.719999313354492px;" /></span><span style="line-height: 18.719999313354492px;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;"><br /><br /></span><br /></span>
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