Elevated middle cerebral artery peak systolic velocity without fetal anemia in a case of homozygous α-thalassemia-1

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 72-74

  Maguire, Karla ^a   Johnson, Anthony ^a,b   Ou, Ching Nan ^a   Lantin, Regina L ^a   Moise, Kenneth J ^a,b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpha thalassemia 1; Cordocentesis; Middle cerebral artery velocity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ALPHA THALASSEMIA 1; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GENETIC COUNSELING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE BLOOD TRANSFUSION; LABOR INDUCTION; LABORATORY TEST; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NEWBORN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADULT; ALPHA-THALASSEMIA; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBINS; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PREGNANCY; SYSTOLE;

EID: 39149111306     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.1914     Document Type: Article

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