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The alloimmune response to the human platelet antigen-1a is not related to maternal-fetal killer immunoglobulinlike receptor/HLA-Cw combinations.
Transfusion - 1 Dec 2007
Valentin Nathalie, Gagne Katia, Kerdudou Nolwenn, Hallé Liliane, Kaplan Cécile, Killie Mette Kjaer, Skogen Bjorn, Muller Jean-Yves, Bignon Jean-Denis
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Human platelet antigen (HPA)-1a fetomaternal alloimmune thrombocytopenia, responsible in the most severe cases for fetal or neonatal intracranial hemorrhages leading to death or survival with neurologic sequelae, was shown to be restricted to the human leukocyte antigen (HLA) Class II DRB3*0101-encoded molecule. Whereas more than 90 percent of alloimmunized mothers display the DRB3*0101 allele, the...
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