Bilateral retinal detachments and preeclampsia: Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura or syndrome of haemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, low platelets?

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1268-1270

  Mendez Figueroa, Hector ^a   Davidson, Christina ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LIVER ENZYME; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; OXYTOCIN; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR CLEAVING PROTEINASE;

ADULT; BLURRED VISION; BRADYCARDIA; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HELLP SYNDROME; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFANT; LABOR INDUCTION; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LETTER; MALE; NEWBORN; NULLIPARA; PLASMAPHERESIS; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; RETINA DETACHMENT; SEIZURE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; VAGINA BLEEDING; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADAM PROTEINS; ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HELLP SYNDROME; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PURPURA, THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC; RETINAL DETACHMENT;

EID: 77956590996     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767051003653294     Document Type: Letter

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