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Successful pregnancy in β‐thalassaemia major
Author(s) -
MARTIN KATHLEEN
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
journal of paediatrics and child health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.631
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1440-1754
pISSN - 1034-4810
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1754.1983.tb02089.x
Subject(s) - medicine , pregnancy , obstetrics , blood transfusion , thalassemia , pediatrics , intensive care medicine , surgery , genetics , biology
. Successful pregnancy is described in a patient with β‐thalassaemia major, transfusion‐dependent from four months of age and treated with desferrioxamine from 13 years of age. The pregnancy was concealed. No antenatal care was given nor any planned alteration in management of her thalassaemic state.