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. 1967 May;20(3):252–256. doi: 10.1136/jcp.20.3.252

Haemorrhagic diathesis in children associated with vitamin K deficiency

Salman Taj-Eldin 1, Luay Al-Nouri 1, Omar Fakri 1
PMCID: PMC473479  PMID: 5602558

Abstract

A haemorrhagic diathesis is described in infants; this is preceded and accompanied by constitutional symptoms such as fever, diarrhoea, vomiting, anorexia, and pallor. These children had a severe coagulation abnormality, due to deficiency of vitamin-K-dependent coagulation factors, and it was corrected by administration of vitamin K. No conclusion could be drawn as to the aetiology of this condition but some possible causes are discussed.

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