Prenatal diagnosis of anoxic cerebral lesions caused by profound fetal anemia secondary to maternal red blood cell alloimmunization

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 112, Issue 2 PART 2, 2008, Pages 442-444

  Carbonne, Bruno ^a,b   Nguyen, Amélie ^a,b   Cynober, Evelyne ^a,b   Castaigne, Vanina ^a,b   Cortey, Anne ^a,b   Brossard, Yves ^a,b  

^a HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

^b ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD GROUP KELL SYSTEM; BRAIN HYPOXIA; CASE REPORT; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS DISEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RHESUS ISOIMMUNIZATION;

ADULT; ANEMIA; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; HYPOXIA, BRAIN; KELL BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; PREGNANCY; RH ISOIMMUNIZATION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 51149100370     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e3181656a11     Document Type: Article

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