title: Pregnancy associated aplastic anemia: maternal and fetal outcome.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the maternal and fetal outcome in cases of aplastic anemia associated with pregnancy.
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective analysis of seven cases of aplastic anemia diagnosed during pregnancy.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Four patients had an overall successful pregnancy outcome. These were all cases of non-severe aplastic anemia. There was one case each of intrauterine and neonatal death in the severe aplastic anemia group. There was one maternal mortality.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Maternal and fetal outcome is poor in severe aplastic anemia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Deepika
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Deka
authors.forename: Neena
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Malhotra
authors.forename: Alka
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sinha
authors.forename: Neelam
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Banerjee
authors.forename: Rajesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kashyap
authors.forename: Kallol K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Roy
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000741:Anemia, Aplastic; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007226:Infant Mortality; D011247:Pregnancy; D011250:Pregnancy Complications, Hematologic; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D012189:Retrospective Studies