Neonatal thrombocytopenia induced by maternal anti-HLA antibodies: A potential side effect of allogenic leukocyte immunization for unexplained recurrent aborters

Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 51-57

  Tanaka, Tetsuji ^a   Umesaki, Naohiko ^a   Nishio, Junko ^a   Maeda, Kyoko ^a   Kawamura, Tomoyuki ^a   Araki, Nobuo ^b   Ogita, Sachio ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Japanese Red Cross Society   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anti HLA antibody; Leukocyte immunization; Neonatal thrombocytopenia; Recurrent abortion

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIBODY; MATERNAL ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; LEUKOCYTE TRANSFUSION; LYMPHOCYTOTOXICITY; NEWBORN; PASSIVE HEMAGGLUTINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT ABORTION; SEROLOGY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ABORTION, HABITUAL; ADULT; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGENS, HUMAN PLATELET; CYTOTOXICITY TESTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, MATERNALLY-ACQUIRED; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFANT, NEWBORN; ISOANTIBODIES; LEUKOCYTES; PREGNANCY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 0033959225     PISSN: 01650378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0378(99)00050-9     Document Type: Article

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