[Congenital factor XIII deficiency in the south of Tunisia]

Pathol Biol (Paris). 2006 Jul;54(6):349-52. doi: 10.1016/j.patbio.2006.01.010. Epub 2006 Mar 10.
[Article in French]

Abstract

Factor XIII deficiency is a rare autosomal recessive congenital disorder of haemostasis characterised by a plasmatic factor XIII level less than 1% in homozygote and bleeding as of the youth. We report a study about ten patients with congenital factor XIII deficiency from seven south-Tunisian families, there are seven females. Umbilical bleeding was common and only two patients had intracranial bleeding. The standard screening tests are normal. Factor XIII activity was less than 1% in all patients. A sub-unit A deficit was detected for the ten patients. Out hemorrhagic context, five patients receive regular prophylactic transfusion with fresh frozen plasma.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Factor XIII Deficiency / congenital*
  • Factor XIII Deficiency / genetics
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Tunisia