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Pathological case of the month. Hydrops fetalis secondary to homozygous alpha-thalassemia-1 (Bart's hemoglobinopathy). 1994

D S Mehr, and J T Rector, and K Y Ngo

Department of Internal Medicine, US Naval Medical Center, San Diego, Calif.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D011247	Pregnancy	The status during which female mammals carry their developing young (EMBRYOS or FETUSES) in utero before birth, beginning from FERTILIZATION to BIRTH.	Gestation,Pregnancies
D005260	Female		Females
D006720	Homozygote	An individual in which both alleles at a given locus are identical.	Homozygotes
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328	Adult	A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available.	Adults
D015160	Hydrops Fetalis	Abnormal accumulation of serous fluid in two or more fetal compartments, such as SKIN; PLEURA; PERICARDIUM; PLACENTA; PERITONEUM; AMNIOTIC FLUID. General fetal EDEMA may be of non-immunologic origin, or of immunologic origin as in the case of ERYTHROBLASTOSIS FETALIS.	Edema, Fetal,Fetal Edema,Fetal Hydrops,Familial Non-Immune Hydrops Fetalis,Hydrops Fetalis Nonimmune,Hydrops Fetalis, Idiopathic,Hydrops Fetalis, Immune,Hydrops Fetalis, Non-Immune,Hydrops Fetalis, Nonimmune,Idiopathic Hydrops Fetalis,Immune Hydrops Fetalis,Non-Immune Hydrops Fetalis,Familial Non Immune Hydrops Fetalis,Fetali, Idiopathic Hydrops,Fetalis Nonimmune, Hydrops,Fetalis Nonimmunes, Hydrops,Fetalis, Idiopathic Hydrops,Hydrops Fetali, Idiopathic,Hydrops Fetali, Nonimmune,Hydrops Fetalis Nonimmunes,Hydrops, Fetal,Idiopathic Hydrops Fetali,Nonimmune Hydrops Fetali,Nonimmune Hydrops Fetalis,Nonimmune, Hydrops Fetalis,Nonimmunes, Hydrops Fetalis
D017085	alpha-Thalassemia	A disorder characterized by reduced synthesis of the alpha chains of hemoglobin. The severity of this condition can vary from mild anemia to death, depending on the number of genes deleted.	Hemoglobin H Disease,Thalassemia-alpha,A-Thalassemia,Alpha Thalassemia,Disease, Hemoglobin H,Thalassemia alpha,Thalassemia, Alpha,alpha-Thalassemias