title: Platelet refractoriness: it's not the B-all and end-all.
abstract: In this issue of Blood, Arthur et al uncover that HLA alloantibodies cannot solely account for the immune mechanism in platelet refractoriness.
authors.affiliation: HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL.
authors.forename: John P
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3630-778X
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Manis
authors.affiliation: HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL.
authors.forename: Leslie E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Silberstein
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000276:immunology*; D018414:CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D017713:Platelet Transfusion