The Effect of Prenatal and Postnatal Treatment with Intravenous Immunoglobulin on Severity of Neonatal Hemochromatosis: The Tale of Two Brothers (Case Report)

Background Neonatal hemochromatosis (NH) is a rare condition that was the main reason for liver transplantation in infants. With the realization that NH results from the fetal complement-mediated liver injury, intravenous immunoglobulins (IVIG) were successfully introduced for the treatment....

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Main Authors: Veronica Mugarab-Samedi, Michelle D. Ryan, Essa Hamdan Al Awad, Adel Elsharkawy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc. 2021-04-01
Series:American Journal of Perinatology Reports
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0041-1731311