Post-transfusion purpura (PTP) with severe thrombocytopenia occurred eight days after transfusion in a 28-year-old woman and responded to treatment with prednisone and plasma exchange. In contrast to nearly all previously studied cases of PTP, the patient's platelets were PlA1-positive and anti-Pl\*
Posttransfusion purpura associated with alloantibody specific for the platelet antigen, Pena
✍ Scribed by Dr. Toby L. Simon; Janice Collins; Thomas J. Kunicki; Kenichi Furihata; Kenneth J. Smith; Richard H. Aster
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1988
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 321 KB
- Volume
- 29
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0361-8609
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