Vaccine-induced immune thrombocytopenia and thrombosis: The decline in anti-platelet factor 4 antibodies is assay-dependent

Br J Haematol. 2022 May;197(4):428-430. doi: 10.1111/bjh.18022. Epub 2021 Dec 30.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ The Royal London Haemophilia Centre, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, UK.
² Institut für Immunologie und Transfusionsmedizin, Abteilung Transfusionsmedizin, Universitätsmedizin Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany.
³ Department of Haematology, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, UK.
⁴ Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK.

PMID: 34970735
DOI: 10.1111/bjh.18022

No abstract available

Keywords: ELISA; platelet activation; thrombocytopenia; thrombosis; vaccines.

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Heparin / adverse effects
Humans
Platelet Factor 4
Purpura, Thrombocytopenic, Idiopathic* / chemically induced
Purpura, Thrombocytopenic, Idiopathic* / diagnosis
Thrombosis* / chemically induced
Vaccines* / adverse effects

Substances

Vaccines
Platelet Factor 4
Heparin