Acquired factor VIII inhibitors in pregnancy: Data from the Italian Haemophilia Register relevant to clinical practice

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 311-314

  Baudo, Francesco ^a   De Cataldo, Francesco ^b   Bari, Schiavon M ^b   Catanzaro, Santaro R ^b   Firenze, Linari S ^b   Niguarda, Milano ^b   Mostarda, G ^b   Policlinico, Milano ^b   Santagostino, E ^b   Pavia, Gamba G ^b   Pescara, Dragani A ^b   Roma, Mazzucconi G ^b   Torino, Schino P ^b   Vicenza, Castaman G ^b  

^a OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8 INHIBITOR; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEMOPHILIA; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; RELAPSE; REMISSION;

EID: 0037333872     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1470-0328(03)01935-9     Document Type: Article

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