Procedure-related complications and perinatal outcome after intrauterine transfusions in red cell alloimmunization in stockholm

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 266-273

  Tiblad, Eleonor ^a,c   Kublickas, Marius ^a   Ajne, Gunilla ^a   Bui, The Hung ^a   Ek, Sverker ^a   Karlsson, Anita ^b   Wikman, Agneta ^a,b   Westgren, Magnus ^a,c  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Departments of Immunology and Transfusion Medicine   (Sweden)

^c Department of Physics   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Fetal anemia; Fetal hydrops; Intrauterine transfusion; Intravascular transfusion; Perinatal mortality; Perinatal outcome; Red cell alloimmunization; Rh hemolytic disease

Indexed keywords

ALLOIMMUNIZATION; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ERYTHROCYTE ALLOIMMUNIZATION; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE BLOOD TRANSFUSION; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCEDURE RELATED COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SWEDEN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UMBILICAL VEIN;

ANEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION, INTRAUTERINE; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 84355162115     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: 14219964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000328683     Document Type: Article

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