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Fetal thrombocytopenia.
Seminars in fetal & neonatal medicine - 1 Aug 2008
Porcelijn L, Van den Akker E S A, Oepkes D
Abstract excerpt
Fetal thrombocytopenia is most often caused by maternal alloantibodies against fetal platelets crossing the placenta and resulting in platelet destruction. This condition, known as fetal and neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia, is usually detected after the birth of a symptomatic child who shows signs of bleeding in the skin or in the brain. In the most severe cases, intracranial hemorrhage leads to severe...
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