Vitreous haemorrhage as a complication of HELLP syndrome.
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Vitreous haemorrhage as a complication of HELLP syndrome.
In the last trimester of an uncomplicated pregnancy a woman developed a spontaneous vitreous haemorrhage. She was later diagnosed as having HELLP syndrome, a recently described disorder comprising haemolytic anaemia, elevated liver enzymes, and a low platelet count in women with severe pre-eclampsia or eclampsia. We believe this rare complication of pregnancy to be the cause of the intraocular ...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Ophthalmology
سال: 1990
ISSN: 0007-1161
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.74.8.498