Journal article
Triplets with neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia due to antibodies against human platelet antigen 1a
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia (NAIT) has been reported only rarely in twins and not at all, to our knowledge, in triplets.
CASE REPORT: Nonidentical triplets were born with severe thrombocytopenia. Nadir platelet (PLT) counts were 17 × 109 , 12 × 109 , and 10 × 109 /L. NAIT was confirmed by an incompatibility for human PLT antigen (HPA)-1a and the presence of maternal anti-HPA-1a. The maternal genotype was HPA-1bb and the …
Authors
Solh Z; Breakey V; Murthy P; Smith JW; Arnold DM
Journal
Transfusion, Vol. 56, No. 5, pp. 1166–1170
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
May 2016
DOI
10.1111/trf.13494
ISSN
0041-1132