Neonatal purpura fulminans in newborn with severe congenital protein C deficiency: Case report

• Main Authors: Sultan A. Jafarri (Author), Khalid M. AlAttas (Author), Sultan M. Bajawi (Author), Mohammad K. Ahsan (Author), Ali M. Al-Sheikh (Author), Mohammed A. Buraik (Author), Amr Mohammed Gamal (Author), Nadia S. Mustafa (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2017-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Neonatal purpura fulminans (PF) is a rare, life-threatening condition, caused by congenital or acquired deficiencies of protein C or S. PF describes a clinico-pathological entity of dermal microvascular thrombosis associated with disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) and perivascular hemorrha...