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Hidden maternal autoimmune thrombocytopenia complicated by fetal subdural hematoma—case report and review of the literature

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    Lívia Teresa Moreira Rios & Marília da Glória Martins

  2. Department of Obstetrics, Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP), Rua Carlos Weber, 956 apto. 113 Visage, Alto da Lapa, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

    Edward Araujo Júnior, Luciano Marcondes Machado Nardozza, Karina Krajden Haratz & Antonio Fernandes Moron

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Rios, L.T.M., Araujo Júnior, E., Nardozza, L.M.M. et al. Hidden maternal autoimmune thrombocytopenia complicated by fetal subdural hematoma—case report and review of the literature. Childs Nerv Syst 28, 1113–1116 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-012-1725-9

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