Polymicrogyria in a neonate with severe autoimmune thrombocytopenia: Rare coincidence or related disorder? [3]

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 87-89

  Lopriore, Enrico ^a   Te Pas, Arjan B ^a   Steggerda, Sylke J ^a   Kanhai, Humphrey H ^b   Marijt, Erik W ^d   Brand, Anneke ^c   Walther, Frans J ^a   Van Wezel Meijler, Gerda ^a  

^a Division of Neonatology   (Netherlands)

^b Division of Fetal Medicine   (Netherlands)

^c Sanquin Bloedbank Regio Zuidwest Rotterdam   (Netherlands)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RITUXIMAB;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; AUTOIMMUNE THROMBOCYTOPENIA; BRAIN HEMANGIOMA; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; LETTER; MICROGYRIA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CEREBELLUM; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; SKULL; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 33846405628     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.1621     Document Type: Letter

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