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Case 7-1973: Thrombocytopenia in a Newborn Girl

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Cabot, RC; Castleman, B; Scully, RE; McNeely, BU; Klein, R; Robboy, SJ
Published in: New England Journal of Medicine
February 15, 1973

Presentation of Case A newborn girl, aged eight hours, was admitted to the hospital because of petechiae. The child was the product of a 39-week gestation in a gravida 2, 23-year-old mother. The pregnancy was complicated by a febrile illness without a rash at three months and by diarrhea on several occasions in the final trimester. The child's mother gave a history of rubella in. childhood; her blood group was A, Rh positive; a serologic test for syphilis was negative. The Apgar score at birth was 8 on a scale of 10, and the birth weight was 1.8 kg. There. © 1973, Massachusetts Medical Society. All rights reserved.

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New England Journal of Medicine

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EISSN

1533-4406

ISSN

0028-4793

Publication Date

February 15, 1973

Volume

288

Issue

7

Start / End Page

363 / 367

Related Subject Headings

  • General & Internal Medicine
  • 42 Health sciences
  • 32 Biomedical and clinical sciences
  • 11 Medical and Health Sciences
 

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Cabot, R. C., Castleman, B., Scully, R. E., McNeely, B. U., Klein, R., & Robboy, S. J. (1973). Case 7-1973: Thrombocytopenia in a Newborn Girl. New England Journal of Medicine, 288(7), 363–367. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJM197302152880711
Cabot, R. C., B. Castleman, R. E. Scully, B. U. McNeely, R. Klein, and S. J. Robboy. “Case 7-1973: Thrombocytopenia in a Newborn Girl.” New England Journal of Medicine 288, no. 7 (February 15, 1973): 363–67. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJM197302152880711.
Cabot RC, Castleman B, Scully RE, McNeely BU, Klein R, Robboy SJ. Case 7-1973: Thrombocytopenia in a Newborn Girl. New England Journal of Medicine. 1973 Feb 15;288(7):363–7.
Cabot, R. C., et al. “Case 7-1973: Thrombocytopenia in a Newborn Girl.” New England Journal of Medicine, vol. 288, no. 7, Feb. 1973, pp. 363–67. Scopus, doi:10.1056/NEJM197302152880711.
Cabot RC, Castleman B, Scully RE, McNeely BU, Klein R, Robboy SJ. Case 7-1973: Thrombocytopenia in a Newborn Girl. New England Journal of Medicine. 1973 Feb 15;288(7):363–367.

Published In

New England Journal of Medicine

DOI

EISSN

1533-4406

ISSN

0028-4793

Publication Date

February 15, 1973

Volume

288

Issue

7

Start / End Page

363 / 367

Related Subject Headings

  • General & Internal Medicine
  • 42 Health sciences
  • 32 Biomedical and clinical sciences
  • 11 Medical and Health Sciences