Folate and Vitamin B 12 deficiency presenting as pancytopenia in pregnancy: A case report and review of the literature

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 251-254

  Van de Velde, A ^a   Van Droogenbroeck, J ^a   Tjalma, W ^a   Jorens, Ph G ^a   Schroyens, W ^a   Berneman, Z ^a  

^a ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Folate; Pancytopenia; Pregnancy; Vitamin B 12

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; INTRINSIC FACTOR;

ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ADULT; APLASTIC ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MEGALOBLASTIC ANEMIA; PANCYTOPENIA; PAROXYSMAL NOCTURNAL HEMOGLOBINURIA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 0037049942     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-2115(01)00465-1     Document Type: Article

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