The association between platelet autoantibody specificity and response to intravenous immunoglobulin G in the treatment of patients with immune thrombocytopenia

Haematologica

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 283-284

  Go, Ronald S ^a   Johnston, Kaye L ^a   Bruden, Kent C ^a  

^a GUNDERSEN LUTHERAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Immune thrombocytopenia; Intravenous immunoglobulin; Platelet autoantibody specificity

Indexed keywords

ALPHA2 INTEGRIN; BETA1 INTEGRIN; GLYCOPROTEIN IB; GLYCOPROTEIN IIB; GLYCOPROTEIN IIIA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; THROMBOCYTE ANTIBODY; AUTOANTIBODY; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR; THROMBIN RECEPTOR; VERY LATE ACTIVATION ANTIGEN 2;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; IMMUNOLOGY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LETTER; MIDDLE AGED; THROMBOCYTE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOANTIBODIES; BLOOD PLATELETS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INTEGRIN ALPHA2BETA1; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET GLYCOPROTEIN GPIB-IX COMPLEX; PLATELET GLYCOPROTEIN GPIIB-IIIA COMPLEX; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 33947537254     PISSN: 03906078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3324/haematol.10667     Document Type: Article

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