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Case Report
Neonatal Purpura Fulminans due to Homozygous Protein C Deficiency
Jae-Hong Park, Sung-Sub Sim, Soo-Young Kim, Hee-Joo Jeon, Chan-Yung Kim, Hong Keun Oh, Jin-Yeong Jeong
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1992;35(5):696-703.   Published online May 15, 1992
Homozygous protein C deficiency is a rare herediatary disorder of blood coagulation resulting in microvascular and venous thromboses, usually purpura fulminans, starting shortly after birth. Protein C serves to inactivate the active forms of factor V and VIII, and increase the rate of fibrin degradation. For confirmation of homozygous protein C deficiency, the infant should have undetectable protein...