Estimation of the Risk of Thrombocytopenia in the Offspring of Pregnant Women with Presumed Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura

Philip Samuels, J B Bussel, Leonard E. Braitman, Anne Tomaski, Maurice L. Druzin, Michael T. Mennuti, Douglas B. Cines

New England Journal of Medicine · 1990 · 217 citations · 25 references

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Abstract

The absence of a history of immune thrombocytopenic purpura or the presence of negative results on circulating-antibody testing in pregnant women indicates a minimal risk of severe neonatal thrombocytopenia in their offspring.

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