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Neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia associated with anti-human platelet antigen-3a antibody.
Acta paediatrica Japonica : Overseas edition - 1 Jun 1997
Takada H, Nakamura S, Nishiguchi T, Miyake K, Hamada K, Oshikawa H, Shingu T, Morita S, Shibata Y
Abstract excerpt
A sister and brother with neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenic purpura (NAITP) caused by maternal anti-human platelet antigen (HPA)-3a are reported. The children had transient severe thrombocytopenia in the newborn period, and were treated with intravenous gamma-globulin and platelet concentrates from random donors. Although the sister had intracranial hemorrhage on day 2 postnatally, the development of the child...
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