Sonographic demonstration of brain injury in fetuses with severe red blood cell alloimmunization undergoing intrauterine transfusions

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 428-431

  Ghi, T ^a   Brondelli, L ^a   Simonazzi, G ^a   Valeri, B ^a   Santini, D ^a   Sandri, F ^a   Ancora, G ^a   Pilu, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Congenital anomalies; Fetus; Hemolytic disease of the neonate; Hydrops fetalis; Red blood cell alloimmunization; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ALLOIMMUNIZATION; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CEREBELLUM HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DELIVERY; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; ERYTHROCYTE; FETUS; FETUS DISEASE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYPOPLASIA; INTRAUTERINE BLOOD TRANSFUSION; NEUROANATOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND;

ABORTION, THERAPEUTIC; BLOOD TRANSFUSION, INTRAUTERINE; BRAIN; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ERYTHROBLASTOSIS, FETAL; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 2442429626     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.1035     Document Type: Article

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