Girolami A

Department of Medicine, University of Padua Medical School, Via Ospedale, 105, Padua, 35128, Italy

Publications
  • Research   
    Comparison between Congenital Prekallikrein Deficiency in Humans and Animals
    Author(s): Girolami A*, Cosi E, Ferrari S, Lombardi AM and Girolami B

    Objective: To compare the effects of congenital Prekallikrein deficiency in humans and in animal. Patients and animals: All reported cases of patients with Prekallikrein deficiency have been taken into consideration as gathered from personal papers and Pub Med repeated searches carried out during the past 16 years. Prekallikrein deficiency in animals has been obtained by two Pub Med searches carried out on July 2017 and May 2018. Results: Congenital Prekallikrein deficiency in humans is associated with no bleeding tendency even though in two patients surgical bleeding has been reported to stop after the administration of Fresh Frozen Plasma. Bleeding in animals was seen in one horse after castration and in a dog with unexplained gastrointestinal bleeding Hypertension, hypertension related disord.. View more»

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