title: Severe immune thrombocytopenia secondary to Waldenström's macroglobulinemia with anti-GPIb/IX monoclonal IgM antibody.
authors.affiliation: Department of Hematology, Clinical Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, 454 Shitsukawa, Toon, Ehime, 791-0295, Japan, yamanouc@m.ehime-u.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yamanouchi
authors.forename: Takaaki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hato
authors.forename: Toshiyuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Niiya
authors.forename: Taichi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Azuma
authors.forename: Masaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yasukawa
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000888:Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic / Q000097:blood*; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D019038:Platelet Glycoprotein GPIb-IX Complex / Q000378:metabolism*; D013921:Thrombocytopenia / Q000097:blood* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D008258:Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis
chemical_list: D000888:Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D007075:Immunoglobulin M; D019038:Platelet Glycoprotein GPIb-IX Complex; C032193:glycoprotein receptor GPIb-IX