Congenital posthemorrhagic hydrocephalus: A case of fetomaternal alloimmune thrombocytopenia

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 321-324

  Póvoa, Ana M ^a,b   Ramalho, Carla ^a   Machado, Ana P ^a   Matias, Alexandra ^a   Montenegro, Nuno ^a  

^a University of Porto   (Portugal)

^b NONE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Hydrocephalus; Intrauterine hemorrhage; Neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; THROMBOCYTE ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL HYDROCEPHALUS; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; FETAL ALLOIMMUNE THROMBOCYTOPENIA; FETUS; HUMAN; NEWBORN; NEWBORN ALLOIMMUNE THROMBOCYTOPENIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; FEMALE; GAMMA-GLOBULINS; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PURPURA, THROMBOCYTOPENIC, IDIOPATHIC;

EID: 34547951679     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000103288     Document Type: Article

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