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Some new clinical Observations on Hydrops congenitus.
Author(s) -
SALOMONSEN. LEIF
Publication year - 1945
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1945.tb08969.x
Subject(s) - hypoproteinemia , medicine , edema , anemia , surgery
Summary. A case is described of hydrops congenitus with erythroblastosis which resulted in cure. The edema and erythroblastosis disappeared in the course of the first week of life. A hypoproteinemina was demonstrated. The plasma proteins increased as the edema disappeared. The cause of the edema in hydrops congenitus is assumed te be a hypoproteinemia. The patient was not anemic at birth and no anemia developed post partum, which indicates that there is no primary hemolytic anemia in this condition.