Pregnancy and β-thalassemia: An Italian multicenter experience

Haematologica

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 376-381

  Origa, Raffaella ^a   Piga, Antonio ^b   Quarta, Giovanni ^c   Forni, Gian Luca ^d   Longo, Filomena ^b   Melpignano, Angela ^c   Galanello, Renzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c Divisione di Ematologia   (Italy)

^d GALLIERA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Assisted reproduction; Hypogonadism; Pregnancy; Thalassemia intermedia; Thalassemia major

Indexed keywords

DEFERASIROX; DEFERIPRONE; DEFEROXAMINE; GONADOTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BILIARY COLIC; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CESAREAN SECTION; CHELATION THERAPY; CHOLESTASIS; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; IRON OVERLOAD; KIDNEY COLIC; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TOXEMIA; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL GROWTH; SOLUTIO PLACENTAE; THALASSEMIA MAJOR; TWIN PREGNANCY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; UTERINE ARTERY;

ADULT; BETA-THALASSEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHELATION THERAPY; FEMALE; FERRITINS; GONADOTROPINS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRON OVERLOAD; ITALY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIPLETS; TWINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949716941     PISSN: 03906078     EISSN: 15928721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3324/haematol.2009.012393     Document Type: Article

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