Influence of the amount of platelet-bound IgG on platelet survival and site of sequestration in autoimmune thrombocytopenia |
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Authors: | Kernoff, LM Blake, KC Shackleton, D |
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Abstract: | Seventeen patients with idiopathic autoimmune thrombocytopenic purpura were studied in order to establish whether the amount of platelet-bound antibody influenced the rate and site at which these platelets were destroyed. Platelet-bound antibody was measured by a quantitative antiglobulin consumption technique, and platelet survival and sites of sequestration were determined by the use of 51Cr-labeled platelets and surface radioactivity measurements. A correlation significant at the 5% level was observed between the amount of platelet-bound antibody and the rate of platelet destruction. A highly significant correlation (p less than 0.001) existed between antiplatelet antibody and spleen: liver surface radioactivity ratios, demonstrating that greater amounts of antibody bound to platelets result increasingly in their destruction within the liver. |
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