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Pregnancy associated aplastic anemia: maternal and fetal outcome
Deepika Deka1, Neena Malhotra, Alka Sinha
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
The Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research
|May 21, 2003
Abstract
Aim:
To study the maternal and fetal outcome in cases of aplastic anemia associated with pregnancy.
Method:
Retrospective analysis of seven cases of aplastic anemia diagnosed during pregnancy.
Result:
Four patients had an overall successful pregnancy outcome. These were all cases of non-severe aplastic anemia. There was one case each of intrauterine and neonatal death in the severe aplastic anemia group. There was one maternal mortality.
Conclusion:
Maternal and fetal outcome is poor in severe aplastic anemia.