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Natural history of platelet antibody formation against αIIbβ3 in a French cohort of Glanzmann thrombasthenia patients.
Haemophilia : the official journal of the World Federation of Hemophilia - 1 May 2012
Fiore M, Firah N, Pillois X, Nurden P, Heilig R, Nurden A T
Abstract excerpt
Treatment of the bleeding syndrome in Glanzmann thrombasthenia (GT) is often complicated by naturally occurring isoantibodies directed against the αIIbβ3 integrin that cause the removal of or render ineffective transfused donor platelets. Such antibodies are produced after transfusion or pregnancy when the patient's immune system comes into contact with normal platelets. Despite many reports of anti-αIIbβ3...
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