Factor VIII, D-dimer, and thromboembolism in children
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The lower concentrations of physiological inhibitors of the coagulation system, along with more limited fibrinolytic capacity, results in the greater risk of thromboembolic complications among neonates than among older children. Persistently elevated concentrations of factor VIII, D-dimer, or both after a standard antithrombotic treatment regimen lasting for at least three to six months in children who had a poor outcome, was observed in a prospective survey.
Publication Name: The New England Journal of Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0028-4793
Year: 2004
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La Crosse encephalitis in children
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The La Crosse virus may be a cause of encephalitis in children. It was first discovered in 1965 in a child in La Crosse, Wisconsin, who died of encephalitis. Encephalitis is an inflammation of the brain. The virus is transmitted by mosquitoes.
Publication Name: The New England Journal of Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0028-4793
Year: 2001
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Cerebral sinovenous thrombosis in children
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Cerebral sinovenous thrombosis can cause death and disability in about half of the children who have this type of stroke. The presence of seizures is a sign of a poor prognosis.
Publication Name: The New England Journal of Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0028-4793
Year: 2001
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