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SUBMITTER: Pena JR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4416418 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Peña Jeremy Ryan A JR Saidman Susan L SL Girouard Timothy C TC Meister Erin E Dzik Walter H WH Makar Robert S RS
American journal of hematology 20140619 9
Alloimmune platelet refractoriness (alloPR) among actively bleeding surgical patients with thrombocytopenia represents a life-threatening problem. Here we present three cases in which surgical bleeding was complicated by life-threatening thrombocytopenia and alloPR. We demonstrate that the human leukocyte antigens (HLA) antibodies associated with alloPR are broadly reactive and in high concentration, are not removed by hemodilution, and are not absorbed by transfusion of multiple doses of platel ...[more]