Management of fetal and neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia.
Fetal and neonatal thrombocytopenia can be induced by a maternal alloimmunization against fetal platelet antigens. Alloimmune thrombocytopenia occurs with an incidence of 1/1,000 livebirths and may present either with evidence of damage from a prenatal hemorrhage such as porencephaly or intrauterine death, or with active life-threatening bleeding during the neonatal period. It is due to the destruction of fetal platelets by alloantibodies reacting on specific antigenic sites. In Caucasians, the human platelet antigen 1a (HPA-1a) is the most frequently involved in alloimmune thrombocytopenias, accounting for 80-90% of the cases. Anti-HPA-5b is responsible for a further 5-15% of the cases. This article reviews the clinical aspects, the biological diagnosis and the management, including prenatal sampling and maternal therapy.
Forestier
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Laboratoire de Biologie Périnatale, Institut de Puériculture de Paris, France.
Hohlfeld
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D016824:Antigens, Human Platelet / Q000276:immunology; D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D039661:Integrin beta3; D007519:Isoantigens / Q000276:immunology; D011247:Pregnancy; D013921:Thrombocytopenia / Q000276:immunology* / Q000628:therapy*
D016824:Antigens, Human Platelet; C061248:ITGB3 protein, human; D039661:Integrin beta3; D007519:Isoantigens