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Severe fetomaternal alloimmune thrombocytopenia due to anti-human platelet antigen (HPA)-1a in a mother with a rare and silenced ITGB3*0101 (GPIIIa) allele.
Vox sanguinis - 1 Nov 2007
Smith G A, Rankin A, Riddle C, Cheetham-Wilkinson C, Ranasinghe E, Ouwehand W H, Watkins N A
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Fetomaternal alloimmune thrombocytopenia (FMAIT) is caused by maternal antibodies against a human platelet antigen (HPA) present on fetal, but absent from maternal platelets. We identified and characterized a case of FMAIT due to anti-HPA-1a in a mother with an HPA-1a1b genotype. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The first child of a 29-year-old mother presented with a petechial rash and a...
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