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Antibody formation in pregnant women with maternal-neonatal human platelet antigen mismatch from a hospital in northern Taiwan.
The Kaohsiung journal of medical sciences - 1 Jan 2014
Yang Wan-Hua, Cheng Chuen-Sheng, Chang Jin-Biou, Liu Kuang-Ting, Chang Junn-Liang
Abstract excerpt
Neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia (NAIT) is a clinical syndrome that resembles hemolytic disease of the newborn, affecting the platelets only. The thrombocytopenia results from the maternal alloantibodies reacting with specific human platelet antigens (HPAs) on the fetal platelets. Forty-four maternal plasma samples were screened for platelet alloantibodies using qualitative solid phase enzyme-linked...
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