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Successful ultrasound‐guided intrauterine blood transfusion in severe non‐immune hydrops fetalis
Author(s) -
Buckshee K.,
Bhatla N.,
Paul V.K.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
international journal of gynecology and obstetrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.895
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1879-3479
pISSN - 0020-7292
DOI - 10.1016/0020-7292(90)90481-y
Subject(s) - medicine , hydrops fetalis , etiology , anemia , fetus , immune system , obstetrics , pregnancy , surgery , immunology , genetics , biology
Non‐immune hydrops fetalis has varied etiology, high mortality and few known successful treatment modalities. A rare case of non‐immune fetal hydrops with severe anemia diagnosed prenatally and treated successfully by repeated ultrasound‐guided intrauterine blood transfusions is presented.