Pancytopenia Due to Suppressed Hematopoiesis in a Case of Fatal Hemolytic Disease of the Newborn Associated with Anti-K Supported by Molecular K1 Typing

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 13-15

  Wagner, Thomas ^a,c   Resch, Bernhard ^a   Reiterer, Friedrich ^a   Gassner, Christoph ^b   Lanzer, Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Hemolytic disease of the newborn; Kell blood group system; Pancytopenia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP KELL SYSTEM; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; DISEASE COURSE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMATOPOIESIS; HUMAN; LEUKOPENIA; MOLECULAR TYPING; MYELOPOIESIS; NEUTROPENIA; NEWBORN; NEWBORN HEMOLYTIC DISEASE; PANCYTOPENIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; STEM CELL;

ADULT; AUTOANTIBODIES; ERYTHROBLASTOSIS, FETAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEMATOPOIESIS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; KELL BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; PANCYTOPENIA; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0347634501     PISSN: 10774114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043426-200401000-00005     Document Type: Article

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