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Protein S and protein C deficiency with multiple infarcts in a human immunodeficiency virus-infected female child

Thrombotic episodes have occurred in patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, and various abnormalities leading to hypercoagulable state have been reported. However, multiple cerebral infarctions in an HIV-infected child along with protein S and protein C deficiency are rare. We r...

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Autor principal: Shah, Ira
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5111307/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27890956
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2589-0557.192119
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description Thrombotic episodes have occurred in patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, and various abnormalities leading to hypercoagulable state have been reported. However, multiple cerebral infarctions in an HIV-infected child along with protein S and protein C deficiency are rare. We report such a case in an antiretroviral therapy-naive HIV-infected female child.
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spelling pubmed-51113072016-11-25 Protein S and protein C deficiency with multiple infarcts in a human immunodeficiency virus-infected female child Shah, Ira Indian J Sex Transm Dis AIDS Case Report Thrombotic episodes have occurred in patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, and various abnormalities leading to hypercoagulable state have been reported. However, multiple cerebral infarctions in an HIV-infected child along with protein S and protein C deficiency are rare. We report such a case in an antiretroviral therapy-naive HIV-infected female child. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC5111307/ /pubmed/27890956 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2589-0557.192119 Text en Copyright: © 2016 Indian Journal of Sexually Transmitted Diseases and AIDS http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Protein S and protein C deficiency with multiple infarcts in a human immunodeficiency virus-infected female child
title Protein S and protein C deficiency with multiple infarcts in a human immunodeficiency virus-infected female child
title_full Protein S and protein C deficiency with multiple infarcts in a human immunodeficiency virus-infected female child
title_fullStr Protein S and protein C deficiency with multiple infarcts in a human immunodeficiency virus-infected female child
title_full_unstemmed Protein S and protein C deficiency with multiple infarcts in a human immunodeficiency virus-infected female child
title_short Protein S and protein C deficiency with multiple infarcts in a human immunodeficiency virus-infected female child
title_sort protein s and protein c deficiency with multiple infarcts in a human immunodeficiency virus-infected female child
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5111307/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27890956
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2589-0557.192119
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