A newborn infant with isoimmune thrombocytopenic purpura due to incompatibility of the P1 A1 platelet antigen system was treated with transfusion of incompatible platelets and by exchange transfusion, ...
A group of 12 thrombocytopenic patients, ranging in age from two to fourteen years, were studied. The thrombocytopenia was due to diverse conditions (Table 1). The platelet count ranged from 3000 to ...
Platelet transfusions play a major role in the management of thrombocytopenia in hematological and oncologic patients. However, a proportion of these patients become refractory to the transfusion of ...