| Literature DB >> 7699538 |
R Arav-Boger1, S Reif, Y Bujanover.
Abstract
A 4-month-old girl who was examined because of splenomegaly had portal vein thrombosis, which apparently resulted from a combination of cytomegalovirus infection and deficiency of both protein S and protein C. The cytomegalovirus infection, by damaging endothelial cells, may have triggered a cascade of events that was ultimately expressed as portal vein thrombosis resulting from deficiency of proteins S and C.Entities:
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Year: 1995 PMID: 7699538 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-3476(95)70355-1
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Pediatr ISSN: 0022-3476 Impact factor: 4.406