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- Title
Management of a premature infant with moderate haemophilia A using recombinant factor VIII.
- Authors
Gale; Hird; Colvin; Colvin
- Abstract
The birth of a very premature infant with haemophilia A is a rare event. In this case report the problems posed in the management of a child with a factor VIII level of 0.03 IU mL-1 born at 28 weeks of gestation and weighing 1590 g are considered. The value of recombinant factor VIII, the pharmacokinetics of factor VIII in this situation and the importance of close cooperation between paediatricians and haematologists are discussed.
- Subjects
PREMATURE infant diseases; HEMOPHILIA in children
- Publication
Haemophilia, 1998, Vol 4, Issue 6, p850
- ISSN
1351-8216
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1046/j.1365-2516.1998.00201.x