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Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC) and Thrombocytopenia in Pregnancy

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Systemic thrombohemorrhagic disorder seen in association with well-defined clinical situations and laboratory evidence of:

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  1. Saraswat Nursing Home, Agra, India

    Alka Saraswat MS, FICMCH, FIAJAGO, FICUMB

  2. Art Rainbow-IVF, Agra, India

    Jaideep Malhotra MD, FICOG

  3. Global Rainbow Healthcare, Agra, India

    Narendra Malhotra MD, FICOG, FRCOG

  4. Bharti Vidya Peethmedical College, Pune, India

    Neharika Malhotra Bora MBBS, MD

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Correspondence to Alka Saraswat MS, FICMCH, FIAJAGO, FICUMB or Jaideep Malhotra MD, FICOG .

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  1. Arihant Women’s Hospital, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

    Alpesh Gandhi

  2. Global Rainbow Healthcare, Agra, India

    Narendra Malhotra

  3. Art Rainbow-IVF, Agra, India

    Jaideep Malhotra

  4. Obsetrics and Gynecology, SN Medical College, Agra, India

    Nidhi Gupta

  5. Bharti Vidya Peethmedical College, Pune, India

    Neharika Malhotra Bora

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Saraswat, A., Malhotra, J., Malhotra, N., Bora, N.M. (2016). Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC) and Thrombocytopenia in Pregnancy. In: Gandhi, A., Malhotra, N., Malhotra, J., Gupta, N., Bora, N. (eds) Principles of Critical Care in Obstetrics. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2692-5_24

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