Another Example of Isoimmune Neonatal Neutropenia Due to Anti-Na1 |
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| Authors: | Dr. Ch. M. van der Weerdt Dr. P. Lalezari |
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| Affiliation: | Central Laboratory of the Netherlands Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service, Amsterdam, Montefiore Hospital and Medical Center, Haematology Department, Bronx, N.Y. |
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| Abstract: | Abstract. A review of the present knowledge of transplacental transmission of anti-neutrophil antibodies is given. A family in which one, possibly two of the three children had severe neutropenia after birth with subsequent infections, is described. An agglutinating antibody, directed against the neutrophil-specific antigen NA 1, was demonstrated in the maternal serum. The father and all three children were NA 1-positive. This case is another example of isoimmune neonatal neutropenia due to anti-NA 1 antibodies. |
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