A case of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura and neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia in the same pregnancy

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 110, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 533-536

  Richmond, Jane R ^a   Koufogianis, Vayia ^b   Benjamin, Alice ^a   Warner, Molly N ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BETAMETHASONE; CALCIUM; CORTICOSTEROID; FOLIC ACID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LUNG SURFACTANT; THROMBOCYTE ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BORDERLINE HYPERTENSION; BRAIN HEMATOMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; FETAL HEMORRHAGE; FETUS GROWTH; FETUS LUNG MATURATION; FETUS MONITORING; FETUS MOVEMENT; FETUS WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HEART VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; MICROANGIOPATHY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN ALLOIMMUNE THROMBOCYTOPENIA; NEWBORN DISEASE; PLASMAPHERESIS; PORENCEPHALY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; SUBSTITUTION THERAPY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0038736872     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-0528.2003.02074.x     Document Type: Article

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