Severe aplastic anaemia relapsing during a pregnancy; spontaneous remission following termination

Haematologia

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 147-151

  Meletis, J ^a   Samarkos, M ^a   Mesogitis, S ^a   Meletis, C ^b   Mougiou, A ^a   Terpos, E ^a   Tsimberidou, A ^a   Andreopoulos, A ^a   Konstantopoulos, K ^a   Loukopoulos, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Aplastic anaemia; Pregnancy complications

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APLASTIC ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; TUMOR REGRESSION;

ADULT; ANEMIA, APLASTIC; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEOPLASM REGRESSION, SPONTANEOUS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; RECURRENCE;

EID: 0031610261     PISSN: 00176559     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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