Long-term support of a patient with aplastic anemia by platelets and granulocytes from donors of a HLA-A,B identical family.
The case of an 18-year-old male patient with aplastic anemia is reported who was successfully treated by platelets from his father, mother and uncle over a period 8 months because of the very rare constellation of HLA-A,B identity in the family. The patient deceased from uncontrollable septicemia.
D000293:Adolescent; D000741:Anemia, Aplastic / Q000628:therapy*; D001803:Blood Transfusion; D005190:Family; D006098:Granulocytes / Q000637:transplantation*; D006680:HLA Antigens; D006720:Homozygote; D006801:Humans; D008134:Long-Term Care; D008297:Male; D010375:Pedigree; D017713:Platelet Transfusion
D006680:HLA Antigens