Diagnosing hemolytic disease of the fetus - Time to put the needles away?

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 355, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 192-194

  Moise Jr , Kenneth J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RHESUS D ANTIBODY;

AMNIOCENTESIS; BRAIN ARTERY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; EDITORIAL; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; NEWBORN HEMOLYTIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMNIOCENTESIS; ANEMIA; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; RH ISOIMMUNIZATION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 33745912805     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe068071     Document Type: Editorial

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