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Am J Perinatol 1988; 5(1): 79-82
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-999660
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© 1988 by Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc.

Intravenous Gammaglobulin Therapy for Neonatal Alloimmune Thrombocytopenia

Robert Beck1 , Diane M. Reid2 , Raul Lazarte3
  • 1Clinical Assistant Professor of Child Health and Development, The George Washington University School of Medicine, Associate Director of Nurseries, Department of Pediatrics, The Fairfax Hospital, Falls Church, Virginia
  • 2Medical Staff Fellow, Clinical Hematology Branch, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
  • 3Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Associate Director of Nurseries, Department of Pediatrics, The Fairfax Hospital, Falls Church, Virginia
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ABSTRACT

A clinical experience with the combined use of intravenous gammaglobulin and platelet transfusions in a neonate with alloimmune thrombocytopenia secondary to PLA1 incompatibility is described and compared to a previously affected sibling treated with a conventional regimen of corticosteroids, random donor platelet transfusions, and exchange transfusion for neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia.