
@article{ref1,
title="Bilateral subdural hematomas, an unusual vaso-occlusive event and prolonged prothrombin time in a 58-year-old victim of an armed robbery",
journal="Journal of the Louisiana State Medical Society",
year="2015",
author="Anand, Kartik and Shows, Ryan and Veillon, Diana and Mills, Glen and Munker, Reinhold",
volume="167",
number="1",
pages="21-24",
abstract="Factor VII deficiency is one of the most common of rare bleeding disorders(1). This autosomal recessive disorder has a prevalence of 1:500,000 with geographic variations. Clinical manifestations vary from asymptomatic to severe mucocutaneous bleeding. According to the International Registry of Factor VII Deficiency (IRF7) epistaxis is the most common clinical manifestation. Gastrointestinal and central nervous system(CNS) bleeding are rare presentations.(2-4) We present here the case of a patient with life-threatening CNS bleeding who was found at the age of 58 years to have congenital factor VII deficiency.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0024-6921",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}