Neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia due to anti-P1A1 (anti-HPA-1a): importance of paternal and fetal platelet typing for assessment of fetal risk

Prenat Diagn. 1992 Nov;12(11):955-8. doi: 10.1002/pd.1970121116.

Abstract

Neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia (NAIT), which usually involves sensitization to P1A1 (HPA-1a), may have devastating complications for the fetus. These may be prevented by antenatal treatment of severe cases with either maternally administered high-dose gamma-globulin and/or repeated intrauterine platelet transfusions. Determination of the paternal platelet phenotype is useful for counseling parents who have had one or more affected pregnancies. This report of an unaffected pregnancy in a woman with a history of previous pregnancies complicated by NAIT illustrates the role of paternal and fetal platelet phenotyping in managing existing pregnancies at risk of NAIT.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Antigens, Human Platelet / analysis*
  • Autoimmune Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Autoimmune Diseases / therapy
  • Blood Component Transfusion
  • Blood Platelets / immunology*
  • Female
  • Fetal Blood / cytology
  • Fetal Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Fetal Diseases / therapy
  • Humans
  • Immunophenotyping
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Male
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Trimester, Second
  • Prenatal Diagnosis*
  • Risk
  • Thrombocytopenia / diagnosis*
  • Thrombocytopenia / therapy

Substances

  • Antigens, Human Platelet