Neonatal alloimmune neutropenia attributed to maternal immunoglobulin G antibodies against the neutrophil alloantigen HNA-1c (SH): A report of five cases

Transfusion

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1308-1313

  Curtis, Brian R ^a   Reno, Corey ^a   Aster, Richard H ^a  

^a BLOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOANTIGEN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CD16 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; MATERNAL ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PREDNISONE; RECOMBINANT GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; ALLOANTIBODY; FC RECEPTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; NEUTROPHIL SPECIFIC ANTIGEN NA1, HUMAN; NEUTROPHIL-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN NA1, HUMAN;

ALLOIMMUNITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOTYPE; GRANULOCYTE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MALE; MATERNAL SERUM; MOUTH ULCER; NEUTROPENIA; NEUTROPHIL; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ADULT; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; IMMUNOLOGY; PREGNANCY;

ADULT; FEMALE; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR, RECOMBINANT; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFANT, NEWBORN; ISOANTIBODIES; ISOANTIGENS; NEUTROPENIA; NEUTROPHILS; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, IGG;

EID: 23844454604     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2005.00199.x     Document Type: Article

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