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The use of percutaneous umbilical blood sampling in immune thrombocytopenic purpura
A L Scioscia1, P A Grannum, J A Copel
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510.
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
|November 1, 1988
Abstract:
Maternal immune thrombocytopenic purpura has been associated with profound fetal and neonatal thrombocytopenia. Percutaneous umbilical blood sampling offers a reliable method of determining the fetal platelet count antenatally and optimizing obstetric management. We present our experience with this technique in 19 gestations.