Platelet Autoimmunity.
Autoimmunity to platelets was looked for by complement fixation, antiglobulin consumption, transformation and migration-inhibition techniques. Only the migration-inhibition method gave consistently positive results. The test was positive in nine out of 14 patients with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura and all five patients with glandular fever.
D001323:Autoantibodies / Q000032:analysis*; D001772:Blood Cell Count; D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000276:immunology*; D003168:Complement Fixation Tests; D003298:Coombs Test; D006801:Humans; D007244:Infectious Mononucleosis / Q000276:immunology; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D008263:Macrophage Migration-Inhibitory Factors / Q000032:analysis; D011696:Purpura, Thrombocytopenic / Q000276:immunology
D001323:Autoantibodies; D008263:Macrophage Migration-Inhibitory Factors