Alloimmune Disorders of Pregnancy Anaemia, Thrombocytopenia and Neutropenia in the Fetus and Newborn
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Preface
- Foreword
- List of abbreviations
- 1 Pathophysiology of the alloimmune cytopenias
- 2 Blood group antibodies in haemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn
- 3 Basis and practice of screening for haemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn
- 4 Epidemiology and screening for alloimmune thrombocytopenia
- 5 Principles of antibody-mediated immune suppression and the prevention of maternal RhD alloimmunization
- 6 The clinical application of anti-D prophylaxis
- 7 Fetal genotyping
- 8 Laboratory assays to determine the severity of haemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn
- 9 Assessing the severity of haemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn: clinical aspects
- 10 Antenatal therapy for haemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn
- 11 Neonatal therapy for haemolytic disease of the newborn
- 12 The diagnosis of alloimmune thrombocytopenia
- 13 The immunological diagnosis of alloimmune neutropenia
- 14 Fetal and neonatal treatment of alloimmune thrombocytopenia
- Index
Frontmatter
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 26 October 2009
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Preface
- Foreword
- List of abbreviations
- 1 Pathophysiology of the alloimmune cytopenias
- 2 Blood group antibodies in haemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn
- 3 Basis and practice of screening for haemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn
- 4 Epidemiology and screening for alloimmune thrombocytopenia
- 5 Principles of antibody-mediated immune suppression and the prevention of maternal RhD alloimmunization
- 6 The clinical application of anti-D prophylaxis
- 7 Fetal genotyping
- 8 Laboratory assays to determine the severity of haemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn
- 9 Assessing the severity of haemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn: clinical aspects
- 10 Antenatal therapy for haemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn
- 11 Neonatal therapy for haemolytic disease of the newborn
- 12 The diagnosis of alloimmune thrombocytopenia
- 13 The immunological diagnosis of alloimmune neutropenia
- 14 Fetal and neonatal treatment of alloimmune thrombocytopenia
- Index
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- Alloimmune Disorders of PregnancyAnaemia, Thrombocytopenia and Neutropenia in the Fetus and Newborn, pp. i - ivPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2001