Resolution of severe thrombocytopenia in a pregnant patient with rhesus-negative blood with autoimmune thrombocytopenic purpura after intravenous rhesus immune globulin.
case_report · Level V
Where this comes from
- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 2160193.
- No licence information is recorded for this record.
- Because redistribution is not established, this page shows the abstract only. Follow the links below for the full text.
Abstract
Treatment with 120 micrograms of intravenous rhesus immune globulin at 29 1/2 weeks' gestation resulted in an elevation of the platelet count from 38,000/mm3 to 73,000/mm3 in a patient with rhesus-negative blood with autoimmune thrombocytopenic purpura. Red blood cell immune blockade of the reticuloendothelial system is probably not the primary mechanism by which rhesus immune globulin elevates the platelet count.
Medical subject headings
- Autoimmune Diseases
- Immunization, Passive
- Immunoglobulins
- Pregnancy Complications, Hematologic
- Purpura, Thrombocytopenic
- Rh-Hr Blood-Group System
- Thrombocytopenia