A severe case of intracranial hemorrhage due to alloimmune thrombocytopenia

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 852-854

  Cota, Francesco ^a,b   Zuppa, Antonio Alberto ^a   Luciano, Rita ^a   Gallini, Francesca ^a   Savarese, Immacolata ^a   Alighieri, Giovanni ^a   Orchi, Claudia ^a   Romagnoli, Costantino ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alloimmune thrombocytopenia; Prenatal diagnosis; Prenatal intracranial hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ALLOIMMUNITY; ALLOIMMUNIZATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MATERNAL BLOOD; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT DURATION;

FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; PREGNANCY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA, NEONATAL ALLOIMMUNE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 56749155973     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14767050802320316     Document Type: Article

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