Essential thrombocythemia in pregnancy: Platelet count and pregnancy outcome
โ Scribed by Dr. Eudora Y. Chow; Lawrence P. Haley; Linda M. Vickars
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1992
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 266 KB
- Volume
- 41
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0361-8609
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Pregnancy in patients with primary thrombocythemia (PT) is reported to be often complicated by recurrent abortion and fetal growth retardation. Fifteen pregnancies in nine patients with PT are reported. Nine pregnancies had a good outcome, with the birth of a healthy infant. There were two spontaneo
Essential thrombocythemia (ET) is often associated with thrombotic and hemorrhagic complications, mostly at platelet counts exceeding 600 ร 10 9 /L. There are, however, a few reports of such complications in ET at considerably lower platelet levels and the therapeutic approach to affected patients w