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Foetal/neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia in Egypt; human platelet antigen genotype frequencies and antibody detection and follow-up in pregnancies.
Transfusion and apheresis science : official journal of the World Apheresis Association : official journal of the European Society for Haemapheresis - 1 Dec 2012
Husebekk A, El Ekiaby M, Gorgy G, Killie M K, Uhlin-Hansen C, Salma W, Navarrete C, El Afandi M, Skogen B, Ahlen M T
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Foetal and neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia (FNAIT) is studied mainly in Caucasian populations. Severe thrombocytopenia (<50×10(9)/L) gives risk of haemorrhage and the most feared complication is intracranial haemorrhage (ICH). In Caucasian populations anti-human platelet antigen (HPA)-1a antibodies are the cause of FNAIT in >80% of the cases. The aims of this project were to study...
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