Persistent fetal hemoglobin in maternal circulation complicating the diagnosis of fetomaternal hemorrhage

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 872-874

  Kush, Michelle L ^a   Muench, Michael V ^a   Harman, Christopher R ^a   Baschat, Ahmet A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN F; RHESUS D ANTIBODY; STEROID;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; FETUS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MATERNAL BLOOD; MATERNAL TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLUTIO PLACENTAE; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 15944384654     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000141646.58884.09     Document Type: Article

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