Use of recombinant tissue plasminogen activator in children with meningococcal purpura fulminans: a retrospective study
Objective: Meningococcal disease causes septic shock with associated disseminated intravascular coagulation and hemorrhagic skin necrosis. In severe cases, widespread vascular thrombosis leads to gangrene of limbs and digits and contributes to morbidity and mortality. Uncontrolled case reports have...
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2004-08.
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