The natural history of HELLP syndrome: patterns of disease progression and regression

JN Martin Jr, PG Blake, KG Perry Jr, JF McCaul… - American journal of …, 1991 - Elsevier
Despite much recent interest in HELLP syndrome (hemolysis, elevated Jiver enzymes, and
Jow platelet count), there is little published information about the natural history of this
unique form of severe preeclampsia-eclampsia. The time course and pattern of laboratory
abnormalities for 158 patients with HELLP syndrome managed in a single tertiary referral
center between 1980 and 1989 were studied retrospectively. Despite considerable patient
variation, most gravid women with HELLP syndrome had decreasing platelet counts until 24 …