TY - BOOK AU - Odumosu, M.C. AU - Yoong, W.C. AU - Fakokunde, A.F. TI - Fletcher factor deficiency in a woman requiring emergency caesarean section SN - 01443615 PY - 2009/// N1 - NMUH Staff Publications; 29 N2 - <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)&nbsp;</span><em style="line-height: 18.719999313354492px;">in&nbsp;vitro</em><span style="line-height: 18.719999313354492px;">&nbsp;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> UR - http://informahealthcare.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01443610902952554 UR - www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19603330 ER -