Outcomes of pregnancies affected by hemoglobin H disease

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 206-208

  Tongsong, Theera ^a   Srisupundit, Kasemsri ^a   Luewan, Suchaya ^a  

^a Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Anemia; Hemoglobin H disease; Pregnancy outcome; Thalassemia

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN E;

ADULT; ANTEPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE DISORDER; FEMALE; FETUS MALFORMATION; HEMOGLOBIN H DISEASE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; ALPHA THALASSEMIA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; INCIDENCE; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURITY; RISK; THAILAND;

ADULT; ALPHA-THALASSEMIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HEMOGLOBIN E; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; PREMATURE BIRTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; THAILAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66549098282     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2008.10.010     Document Type: Article

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