Fetoneonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia (FNAIT): Our experience

Transfusion and Apheresis Science

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 111-117

  Fratellanza, Giorgio ^a   Fratellanza, Annagrazia ^a   Paesano, Luigi ^b   Scarcella, Alda ^a   Safoian, Alexander ^a   Misso, Saverio ^c   Formisano, Salvatore ^a   Scarpato, Nicola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^c San Sebastiano Caserta's Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fetomaternal immunization; FNAIT; NAITP; Platelet antigen; Thrombocytopenia

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; STEROID; THROMBOCYTE ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE THROMBOCYTOPENIA; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION;

ALLELES; AUTOANTIBODIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; ISOANTIGENS; MALE; PLATELET MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 33751206859     PISSN: 14730502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transci.2006.07.005     Document Type: Article

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