Late presentation of haemorrhagic disease of the newborn.

1 May 1984

journal article
case report
Published by BMJ in Archives of Disease in Childhood

Vol. 59 (5) , 482-483
https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.59.5.482

Abstract

A 9 week old infant presented with bleeding due to vitamin K deficiency. He had not been given vitamin K after birth but there was no associated risk factor for deficiency and he had not bled from circumcision performed at 8 days of age.

Keywords

HAEMORRHAGIC
NEWBORN
INFANT
CIRCUMCISION
OLD
BIRTH
BLEEDING
BLED
VITAMIN
LATE

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Pediatrics, 1969
Hemorrhagic Disease of the Newborn
American Journal of Diseases of Children, 1967