A man-made disease: Fetal neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia due to incompatibility between oocyte donor and gestational mother

  • Assaf Arie Barg
  • , Aviya Dvir Ifrah
  • , Tzipi Strauss
  • , Michal J. Simchen
  • , Raoul Orvieto
  • , Nurit Rosenberg
  • , Gili Kenet

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Abstract

The incompatibility causing fetal and neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia (FNAIT) results from a fetus inheriting a paternal human platelet antigen (HPA), which is different from the maternal HPA. We present a unique case of FNAIT in a pregnancy involving an oocyte recipient mother with Turner syndrome. This is the first report of FNAIT in which the suggested mechanism involves antibodies produced by a gestational mother against the incompatible HPA of the oocyte donor.

Original languageEnglish
Article numbere26447
JournalPediatric Blood and Cancer
Volume64
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Aug 2017
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • HPA
  • Turner syndrome
  • neonatal thrombocytopenia
  • oocyte donor
  • surrogate pregnancy

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
  • Hematology
  • Oncology

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