Pearson's syndrome: A rare cause of non-immune hydrops fetalis

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 116, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1952-1954

  Li, Chak Ho ^a   Lam, Ching Wan ^b   Lee, Chi Wai Anselm ^a   Kwong, Ngai Shan ^a   Szeto, Siu Cheong ^a  

^a TUEN MUN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Hydrops fetalis; Mitochondrial cytopathy; Pearson's syndrome; Sideroblastic anaemia

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANTEPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BONE MARROW CELL; CASE REPORT; CELL VACUOLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA SEQUENCE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS HYDROPS; GENE DELETION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LABORATORY TEST; PANCREAS EXOCRINE INSUFFICIENCY; PEARSON SYNDROME; PLACENTA PREVIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SIDEROBLASTIC ANEMIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANEMIA, SIDEROBLASTIC; BONE MARROW CELLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROPS FETALIS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PANCREATIC DISEASES;

EID: 0742324041     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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