Neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia in the Irish population: A discrepancy between observed and expected cases

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 289-292

  Davoren, Anne ^a   McParland, P ^b   Barnes, C A ^a   Murphy, W G ^a  

^a National Blood Centre Ireland   (Ireland)

^b NATIONAL MATERNITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATERNAL ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; THROMBOCYTE ANTIBODY; THROMBOCYTE ANTIGEN;

ALLOIMMUNITY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL MEDICINE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FAMILY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INCIDENCE; INFANT; IRELAND; MEDICAL RECORD; NEWBORN DISEASE; PETECHIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 0036215189     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.55.4.289     Document Type: Article

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