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Hydroxyurea use during pregnancy: A case report in sickle cell disease and review of the literature
1 Feb 1999
Abstract excerpt
A patient being treated for sickle cell disease with hydroxyurea (1 g/d) conceived, and drug treatment was discontinued at nine weeks gestational age. The pregnancy and delivery were complicated by vaso-occlusive crises. A healthy male infant was born at 39 weeks with no evidence of congenital malformations. A literature review, including this case, suggests that the risk of hydroxyurea exposure during in...
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