PEDIATRICS Vol. 38 No. 2 August 1966, pp. 211-214
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HEPARIN THERAPY OF PURPURA FULMINANS

Donald M. Allen M.D.1

1 Department of Pediatrics, Tufts University Medical School and New England Medical Center Hospitals (Boston Floating Hospital) Boston, Massachusetts

A patient with a rapidly progressing intravascular thrombosis with gangrene (purpura fulminans) was successfully treated by heparinization alone without complication and despite the finding of incoagulable blood and hemorrhagic gangrenous lesions Further cautious trials of heparin in this and allied disorders are indicated.

Submitted on September 10, 1965
Accepted on September 29, 1965




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Purpura Fulminans: A Case for Heparin Therapy
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