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Pregnancy and homozygous beta thalassaemia major
Author(s) -
Daskalakis George J.,
Papageorgiou Ioannis S.,
Antsaklis Aristides J.,
Michalas Stylianos K.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1998.tb10270.x
Subject(s) - medicine , pregnancy , miscarriage , obstetrics , caesarean section , regimen , beta thalassemia , pediatrics , surgery , thalassemia , genetics , biology
Nine pregnant women with homozygous β‐thalassaemia major followed a strict transfusion regimen to maintain their haemoglobin level > 10g/dl. One pregnancy was terminated because of concern about desferrioxamine teratogenicity and another ended in miscarriage at 11 weeks. All other women were delivered by elective caesarean section between 37 and 38 weeks. There were no obstetric complications or perinatal deaths.