Re-emergence of late presentations of fetal haemoglobin bart's disease in Hong Kong

Hong Kong Medical Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 434-440

  Kwan, W Y ^a   So, C H ^a   Chan, W P ^a   Chow, K M ^a   Leung, W C ^b  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b KWONG WAH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Abnormal; Alpha thalassemia; Congenital abnormalities; Hemoglobins; Hydrops fetalis; Prenatal diagnosis

Indexed keywords

AMNIOCENTESIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOMEGALY; CHORION VILLUS SAMPLING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FETAL HEMOGLOBIN BART DISEASE; FETUS; FETUS DISEASE; FETUS HYDROPS; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; PROTEINURIA; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ADULT; ALPHA-THALASSEMIA; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMOGLOBINS, ABNORMAL; HONG KONG; HUMANS; HYDROPS FETALIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83255193545     PISSN: 10242708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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