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Transfusionsmedizin 2012; 2(2): 77-89
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1283993
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Fetale und neonatale Alloimmunthrombozytopenie: Pathophysiologie, Diagnostik, Therapie

Fetal / Neonatal Alloimmune Thrombocytopenia: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Therapy
U. J. Sachs
1   Institut für Klinische Immunologie, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Universitätsklinikum Gießen und Marburg GmbH
,
T. Bakchoul
2   Institut für Immunologie und Transfusionsmedizin, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald
,
G. Bein
1   Institut für Klinische Immunologie, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Universitätsklinikum Gießen und Marburg GmbH
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Bei der fetalen und neonatalen Alloimmunthrombozytopenie (FNAIT) immunisiert sich die Schwangere gegen väterliche Merkmale auf den fetalen Thrombozyten. Der diaplazentare Übergang dieser Antikörper in den Fetalkreislauf führt zur Thrombozytopenie des Feten oder Neugeborenen. Eine gefürchtete Komplikation der FNAIT ist die intrakranielle Blutung. Für immunisierte Frauen mit erneutem Kinderwunsch ergeben sich besondere Implikationen. Die FNAIT ist daher ein Krankheitsbild, das der interdisziplinären Beratung und Behandlung unter Beteilung von Frauenärzten, Pädiatern und Transfusionsmedizinern bedarf. Inzidenz, Pathogenese und Krankheitsbild der FNAIT werden ausführlich dargestellt und die diagnostischen und therapeutischen Möglichkeiten unter Berücksichtigung der aktuellen Studienlage diskutiert.

Abstract

In fetal / neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia (FNAIT), antibodies are formed by the mother against paternal antigens present on fetal platelets. These antibodies will cause thrombocytopenia of the fetus or newborn when transferred via the placenta into the circulation of the unborn. Intracranial bleeding is one severe complication in FNAIT. In immunized females, a subsequent pregnancy may need special diagnostic and prophylactic interventions. Thus, FNAIT requires interdisciplinary counselling and treatment involving specialists for obstetrics, paediatrics, and transfusion medicine. The incidence, the pathogenesis, and the clinical picture of FNAIT will be described in this review. The diagnostic and therapeutic options are discussed and recent studies in the field are appraised.

Schlüsselwörter

NAIT - neonatale Thrombozytopenie - FNAIT - Diagnostik - Therapie

Key words

NAIT - neonatal thrombocytopenia - FNAIT - diagnosis - therapy
 

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