Alpha-thalassemia major presenting in a term neonate without hydrops

We describe the clinical and pathologic features of an unusual case of alpha-thalassemia major in a patient who survived to term and lived for 9 days. The neonate was nonhydropic and the clinical picture was dominated by severe hypoxia with pulmonary hypertension. The diagnosis was not suspected unt...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Pediatric and developmental pathology 2005-11, Vol.8 (6), p.706-709
Hauptverfasser:	Monaco, Sara E, Davis, Mary, Huang, Ay-chyn, Bhagat, Govind, Baergen, Rebecca N, Lorenz, John M, Chung, Wendy K, Thaker, Harshwardhan M
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	alpha-Thalassemia - pathology alpha-Thalassemia - physiopathology Diagnosis, Differential Fatal Outcome Humans Hydrops Fetalis - pathology Hypertension, Pulmonary - etiology Hypoxia - etiology Infant, Newborn Male
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