FETOMATERNAL ALLOIMMUNE THROMBOCYTOPENIA ASSOCIATED WITH ANTI-HPA-5A - THE FIRST AUSTRALIAN CASE

Authors
ROPER TS LOWN JA BARR AL
Citation
Ts. Roper et al., FETOMATERNAL ALLOIMMUNE THROMBOCYTOPENIA ASSOCIATED WITH ANTI-HPA-5A - THE FIRST AUSTRALIAN CASE, Pathology, 26(3), 1995, pp. 294-295
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Pathology
Journal title
Pathology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00313025
Volume
26
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
294 - 295
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-3025(1995)26:3<294:FATAWA>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
Maternal alloantibodies to platelet specific antigens are a rare but i mportant cause of severe thrombocytopenia in the fetus and neonate. Fe to-Maternal Alloimmune Thrombocytopenia (FMAT) is most often due to an ti-HPA-1a (PLA-1) or anti-HPA-5b (Bra). Anti-HPA-5a (Brb) however is e xtremely uncommon, with only 4 cases previously described. We report t he first Australian case of fete-maternal alloimmune thrombocytopenia due to anti-HPA-5a.