PORTAL-VEIN THROMBOSIS CAUSED BY PROTEIN-C AND PROTEIN-S DEFICIENCY ASSOCIATED WITH CYTOMEGALOVIRUS-INFECTION

Authors
ARAVBOGER R REIF S BUJANOVER Y
Citation
R. Aravboger et al., PORTAL-VEIN THROMBOSIS CAUSED BY PROTEIN-C AND PROTEIN-S DEFICIENCY ASSOCIATED WITH CYTOMEGALOVIRUS-INFECTION, The Journal of pediatrics, 126(4), 1995, pp. 586-588
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics
Journal title
The Journal of pediatrics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00223476
Volume
126
Issue
4
Year of publication
1995
Pages
586 - 588
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-3476(1995)126:4<586:PTCBPA>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
A 4-month-old girl who was examined because of splenomegaly had portal vein thrombosis, which apparently resulted from a combination of cyto megalovirus 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.