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Isoimmune neonatal neutropenia due to anti-Fc(gamma) RIIIb antibody in a mother with an Fc(gamma) RIIIb deficiency.
Transfusion medicine (Oxford, England) - 1 Apr 2001
Maślanka K, Guz K, Uhrynowska M, Zupańska B
Abstract excerpt
A rare case of neutropenia in a newborn due to anti-Fc(gamma) RIIIb antibody is described. The newborn, born from the 5th pregnancy, had severe infection and no neutrophils. Full clinical and neutrophil count recovery was observed when the child was 5 weeks old. In maternal serum, panreactive granulocyte alloantibodies were detected. The mother's and her two sisters' granulocytes appeared to be Fc(gamma) RIIIb...
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