Exchange transfusion in neonatal myasthenia gravis.
An infant with transient neonatal myasthenia gravis had a double-blood-volume exchange transfusion because of maternal-fetal blood group incompatibility. This seemed to accelerate both decline in antiacetylcholine antibody titer and clinical improvement.
D000017:ABO Blood-Group System; D000906:Antibodies / Q000032:analysis; D001787:Blood Group Incompatibility / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D005078:Exchange Transfusion, Whole Blood; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000276:immunology / Q000628:therapy*; D009157:Myasthenia Gravis / Q000150:complications / Q000276:immunology / Q000628:therapy*; D011950:Receptors, Cholinergic / Q000276:immunology
D000017:ABO Blood-Group System; D000906:Antibodies; D011950:Receptors, Cholinergic