TRANSIENT APPEARANCE OF LW (a-b-) RED CELLS AND ANTI-LWab IN A PATIENT WITH IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA

Disappearance of LW antigen of red blood cells and appearance of anti-LWab in serum were observed transiently in a 47-year-old woman with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura. To treat the underlying disease, she could safely receive transfusions of total 275 units of platelets without any effect of...

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Published inJournal of the Japan Society of Blood Transfusion Vol. 34; no. 4; pp. 438 - 443
Main Authors Koyasu, Misako, Takahashi, Shuhei, Fukushima, Hirokazu, Tsuchimochi, Tsuneto, Hirukawa, Chie, Ishijima, Ayako, Okazaki, Shotaro, Seno, Taiko, Okubo, Yasuto, Yamaguchi, Hideo
Format Journal Article
LanguageJapanese
Published The Japan Society of Transfusion Medicine and Cell Therapy 1988
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Summary:Disappearance of LW antigen of red blood cells and appearance of anti-LWab in serum were observed transiently in a 47-year-old woman with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura. To treat the underlying disease, she could safely receive transfusions of total 275 units of platelets without any effect of the contaminated LW-positive red blood cells. As her physical status improved, the anti-LWab disappeared and her red blood cells restored normal immuno-reactivity with anti-LW sera.
ISSN:0546-1448
1883-8383
DOI:10.3925/jjtc1958.34.438