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Brb, a platelet alloantigen involved in neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia.
Vox sanguinis - 1 Jan 1991
Bettaieb A, Fromont P, Rodet M, Godeau B, Duedari N, Bierling P
Abstract excerpt
Serum from a pregnant woman with the May-Hegglin anomaly contained a platelet-specific antibody. The serum reacted in the platelet indirect immunofluorescence test (PIIFT) with 97.6% of random donor platelets and those of the father but not with the mother's own platelets. This antibody induced a moderate thrombocytopenia in the infant that responded to infusion of intravenous immunoglobulin concentrates. The...
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