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Thromb Haemost 2005; 94(01): 216-218
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1614309
Case Report
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Severe clinical presentation of protein C deficiency in a type I/II compound heterozygote newborn

Miguel Fernández-Burriel Tercero   *
1   Hospital Universitario Materno-Infantil de Canarias, Laboratorio de Genética Molecular. Servicio de Análisis Clínicos, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain
,
Antonio Molinés Honrubia   *
2   Hospital Universitario Materno-Infantil de Canarias, Servicio de Hematología, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain
,
Núria Sala Serra
3   Hospital Duran i Reynals, Centre de Genètica Mèdica i Molecular-IRO, Barcelona, Spain
,
Manuel Negrín López
2   Hospital Universitario Materno-Infantil de Canarias, Servicio de Hematología, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain
,
Jordi Corral Seijas
3   Hospital Duran i Reynals, Centre de Genètica Mèdica i Molecular-IRO, Barcelona, Spain
,
Maria Teresa Gomez-Casares
4   Hospital General de Gran Canaria Doctor Negrín, Servicio de Hematología, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain
› Author AffiliationsGrant support: This study has been partly supported by grants ISCIII 01/1468 (co-financiered by the European Union FEDER funds) and ISCIII network C03/07, from the Instituto de Salud Carlos III, and grant 2001SGR00399, from Generalitat de Catalunya.
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Received 15 December 2004

Accepted after revision 28 March 2005

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15 December 2017 (online)

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