title: Effective high-dose intravenous gammaglobulin therapy for passive immune thrombocytopenia in the neonate.
abstract: The second child of a mother with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura was given 400 mg/kg per day polyethylenglycol-treated gammaglobulins during the first 5 days of life. Thrombocytes increased from 15 X 10(9)/l to 200 X 10(9)/l within 10 days and remained at this level afterwards.
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007116:Immunization, Passive; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011696:Purpura, Thrombocytopenic / Q000276:immunology / Q000628:therapy*; D005719:gamma-Globulins
chemical_list: D005719:gamma-Globulins