Article
Alloimmune neonatal neutropenia linked to anti-HNA-4a.
Transfusion medicine (Oxford, England) - 1 Feb 2003
Fung Y L, Pitcher L A, Willett J E, Reed C, Mison L, Bux J, Eiber G, Minchinton R M
Abstract excerpt
This is a novel case report of alloimmune neonatal neutropenia (ANN) linked to the neutrophil antibody anti-HNA-4a (MART). Since its discovery, the HNA-4a antigen has never been associated with any clinical neutropenia. A first-born neonate with respiratory distress was found to be severely neutropenic, because of ANN. The broad reactivity of the antibody together with its capture by CD11b and CD18 in monoclonal...
Topics
- Antigen-Antibody Reactions
- CD11b Antigen
- CD18 Antigens
- Family Health
- Granulocytes
- Humans
- Infant, Newborn
- Isoantigens
- Male
- Neutropenia
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
