Managing passively acquired autoimmune neonatal neutropenia: A case study

Transfusion Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 151-155

  Fung, Yoke Lin ^a   Pitcher, L A ^b   Taylor, K ^c   Minchinton, R M ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS BLOOD SERVICE   (Australia)

^b STARSHIP CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^c MATER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Autoimmune neutropenia; G CSF; Neonatal neutropenia; Passively acquired

Indexed keywords

GRANULOCYTE ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE NEUTROPENIA; CASE REPORT; CONCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; NEUTROPENIA; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; SEPSIS; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ANTIBODIES, ANTINEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; FEMALE; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR, RECOMBINANT; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; MALE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; NEUTROPENIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD;

EID: 18644362298     PISSN: 09587578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0958-7578.2005.00565.x     Document Type: Article

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