Refractory Immunological Thrombocytopenia Purpura and Splenectomy in Pregnancy
Thrombocytopenia is defined as a platelet count of less than 100,000 platelets per microlitre (mcL). Thrombocytopenia develops in approximately 6-7% of women during pregnancy and at least 3% of these cases are caused by immunological platelet destruction. Herein, we present a pregnant woman who deve...
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Main Authors: | Santiago Bernal-Macías, Laura-Marcela Fino-Velásquez, Felipe E. Vargas-Barato, Lucio Guerra-Galue, Benjamín Reyes-Beltrán, Adriana Rojas-Villarraga |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley
2015-01-01
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Series: | Case Reports in Immunology |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/216362 |
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