Journal of the Association for Academic Minority Physicians : the official publication of the Association for Academic Minority Physicians
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The implications of thrombocytopenia in pregnancy vary with the etiology of the thrombocytopenia. This article focuses on defining what those etiologies are and assessing risk and therapy for each. ⋯ The controversy surrounding the particular therapeutic dilemma of immune thrombocytopenic purpura is explored, with evaluation of the actual danger to the mother, method of delivery, and treatment for the neonate. The serious nature of alloimmune thrombocytopenia is emphasized, and current modes of risk assessment and therapy are discussed.