Non-invasive diagnosis of fetal anemia due to maternal red-cell alloimmunization

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 256-259

  Ahmed, Badreldeen ^a   Ghaffari, Zahra ^a   Ismail, Rana S ^a   Saleh, Najah ^a  

^a HAMAD MEDICAL CORPORATION   (Qatar)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; RHESUS D ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ALLOIMMUNIZATION; AMNIOCENTESIS; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD GROUP; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILDBIRTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DISEASE; FETUS HYDROPS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE BLOOD TRANSFUSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QATAR; RISK ASSESSMENT; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

ANEMIA; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIOVASCULAR; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RH ISOIMMUNIZATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 17144416103     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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