Ann Biol Clin (Paris)
October 2006
We report the case of a 86-year-old man admitted in a local hospital with spontaneous haematoma, an isolated prolonged activated partial prothrombin time (114/32 seconds; ratio = 3.6), an anemia and a normal platelet count. Two diagnosis were suspected: a coagulation factor defect, or the presence of a lupus anticoagulant or of anti-factor antibodies.
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December 1992
Seventy-one cases of malaria were diagnosed in the hospital of Dunkerque from 1979 to 1990. Forty-five patients have been infected in the Comores islands. Among the 24 other imported cases, 17 (71%) have been contaminated in Western or Central Africa.
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