PMID: 3754431May 1, 1986Paper

Factor V inhibitor associated with immune complex formation

Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
J LazarchickL A Romein

Abstract

A 72-year-old man was noted, shortly after surgery, to have a bleeding diathesis secondary to the development of a high-titer anti-factor V inhibitor. We documented the presence of factor V:anti-factor V IgG immune complexes and their disappearance following a short course of steroid therapy.

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