Successful management of neonatal hemochromatosis by exchange transfusion and immunoglobulin: A case report

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 83-85

  Babor, F ^a   Hadzik, B ^a   Stannigel, H ^a   Mayatepek, E ^a   Hoehn, T ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

exchange transfusion; liver failure; neonatal hemochromatosis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; BILIRUBIN; DEFEROXAMINE; FERRITIN; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; SELENIUM;

ARTICLE; ASCITES; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; CHELATION THERAPY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ECHOGRAPHY; EXCHANGE BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER FUNCTION; NEONATAL HEMOCHROMATOSIS; NEONATAL THROMBOCYTOPENIA; NEWBORN; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; ORAL BIOPSY; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT;

BILIRUBIN; BLOOD COAGULATION TESTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EXCHANGE TRANSFUSION, WHOLE BLOOD; FEMALE; FERRITINS; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION, PASSIVE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84871741245     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: 14765543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jp.2012.9     Document Type: Article

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