Successful pregnancy in beta-thalassaemia major.
Successful pregnancy is described in a patient with beta-thalassaemia major, transfusion-dependent from four months of age and treated with desferrioxamine from 13 years of age. The pregnancy was concealed. No antenatal care was given nor any planned alteration in management of her thalassaemic state.
D000328:Adult; D001803:Blood Transfusion; D003676:Deferoxamine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D005947:Glucose / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007003:Hypoglycemia / Q000188:drug therapy; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases; D007567:Jaundice, Neonatal / Q000188:drug therapy; D008297:Male; D010404:Penicillin V / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010789:Phototherapy; D011247:Pregnancy; D011250:Pregnancy Complications, Hematologic; D013789:Thalassemia / Q000628:therapy*; D013806:Theophylline / Q000627:therapeutic use
D013806:Theophylline; D005947:Glucose; D003676:Deferoxamine; D010404:Penicillin V