Direct demonstration of iron in a term placenta in a case of beta-thalassemia major.
Successful term pregnancy in homozygous beta-thalassemia is rare. A pregnant patient with thalassemia usually is found to have chronic anemia concurrent with tissue and circulatory iron overload. We have demonstrated and localized iron deposits in a term placenta of a patient with homozygous beta-thalassemia with the use of routine histochemical staining.
Birkenfeld
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Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel.
Mordel
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Okon
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D000328:Adult; D002824:Chorionic Villi / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007501:Iron / Q000378:metabolism*; D008431:Maternal-Fetal Exchange; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications; D013789:Thalassemia / Q000378:metabolism*
D007501:Iron