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Genetic susceptibility and anti-human platelet antigen 5b alloimmunization role of HLA class II and TAP genes.
Human immunology - 1 Apr 1996
Semana G, Zazoun T, Alizadeh M, Morel-Kopp M C, Genetet B, Kaplan C
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Platelet alloimmunization may result in post-transfusion purpura, and during pregnancy may cause neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia (NAIT), with a frequency estimated at 1.3 per 1000 live births. The risk of morbidity is significant: 20% of affected infants have neurologic sequelae and the death rate is about 10%. A better understanding of the immune response to platelet alloantigens would allow for a better...
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