Elevated Middle Cerebral Artery Peak Systolic Velocity in a Nonanemic Fetus with Alpha-Thalassemia Trait

Background. Elevated middle cerebral artery peak systolic velocity (MCA-PSV) has been reported in nonanemic fetuses following fetal transfusion, and has been attributed to a major population of red blood cells (RBCs) with an adult mean corpuscular volume (MCV) in the fetal circulation. Reported here...

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Main Author: Kent Heyborne
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2009-01-01
Series:Obstetrics and Gynecology International
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/819380

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