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Management of fetal alloimmune thrombocytopenia-a less invasive option?

FIONA MACKENZIE Department of Fetal Medicine, The Queen Mother’s Hospital, Yorkhill, Glasgow, and Blood Transfusion, Law Hospital, Carluke, Lanarkshire, UK
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JANET BRENNAND Department of Fetal Medicine, The Queen Mother’s Hospital, Yorkhill, Glasgow, and Blood Transfusion, Law Hospital, Carluke, Lanarkshire, UK
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MYRTLE PETERKIN Department of Fetal Medicine, The Queen Mother’s Hospital, Yorkhill, Glasgow, and Blood Transfusion, Law Hospital, Carluke, Lanarkshire, UK
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A. CAMERON Department of Fetal Medicine, The Queen Mother’s Hospital, Yorkhill, Glasgow, and Blood Transfusion, Law Hospital, Carluke, Lanarkshire, UK
Pages 119-121 | Published online: 02 Jul 2009

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