Case Report: Successful Long-Term Management of a Low-Birth Weight Preterm Infant With Compound Heterozygous Protein C Deficiency With Subcutaneous Protein C Concentrate Up to Adolescence

Case Report: Successful Long-Term Management of a Low-Birth Weight Preterm Infant With Compound Heterozygous Protein C Deficiency With Subcutaneous Protein C Concentrate Up to Adolescence

Homozygous/compound heterozygous forms of congenital protein C deficiency are often associated with severe antenatal and postnatal thrombotic or hemorrhagic complications. Protein C deficiency frequently leads to severe adverse outcomes like blindness and neurodevelopmental delay in children and may...

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Main Authors: Johannes Pöschl, Wolfgang Behnisch, Bernd Beedgen, Navina Kuss
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Pediatrics
Subjects:
congenital protein C deficiency
protein C concentrate
preterm infant
subcutaneous infusion
replacement therapy
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fped.2021.591052/full

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