The human platelet antigen-21bw is relatively common among Asians and is a potential trigger for neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia

Transfusion

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 915-916

  Peterson, Julie A ^a   Pechauer, Shannon M ^a   Gitter, Maria L ^a   Szabo, Aniko ^b   Curtis, Brian R ^a   Aster, Richard H ^a,b  

^a BLOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN PLATELET ANTIGEN 21BW; THROMBOCYTE ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ASIAN; BLOOD DONOR; CAUCASIAN; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LETTER; NEONATAL ALLOIMMUNE THROMBOCYTOPENIA; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN POLYMORPHISM;

ANTIGENS, HUMAN PLATELET; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; MUTATION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA, NEONATAL ALLOIMMUNE;

EID: 84859748653     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2011.03508.x     Document Type: Letter

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