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Neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia: current considerations.
Annals of clinical and laboratory science - 1 Jan 2000
Glassman A B, Shieh W J
Abstract excerpt
Some mothers produce antibodies to the platelet antigens of their fetuses. Exposure to these antigens may occur owing to prior transfusions or through feto-maternal hemorrhage during gestation or delivery. The sensitizing antigen is usually an epitope of one of the glycoproteins (GP) found on the platelet membrane. Specific GPs act as receptors for factors important in hemostasis, such as von Willebrand's Factor...
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