Disappearance of HLA and platelet‐specific antibodies in acute leukaemia patients alloimmunized by multiple transfusions
- 1 November 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in British Journal of Haematology
- Vol. 67 (3), 255-260
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2141.1987.tb02344.x
Abstract
Alloimmunization by platelet transfusions was studied in 154 patients with acute leukaemia. 17 patients had HLA antibodies at initial presentation induced by previous transfusions or pregnancies; one of these also had platelet-specific antibodies and one other patient had platelet-specific antibodies alone. A further 38 patients developed HLA antibodies during therapy; three also had platelet-specific antibodies and two patients developed platelet-specific antibodies alone. Of these, 37 patients with HLA antibodies including three with platelet-specific antibodies and one patient with platelet-specific antibodies alone survived their initial therapy and formed the basis of this study. Antibodies once detected persisted throughout the study in seven of the 37 patients with HLA antibodies including one patient with platelet-specific antibodies and in the patient with platelet-specific antibodies alone. HLA antibodies disappeared after discontinuation of transfusions in six patients, and after switching to HLA matched platelet transfusions and leucocyte-poor blood in eight patients: two of the latter patients also had platelet-specific antibodies which disappeared. The other 16 patients with HLA antibodies lost their antibodies despite continued transfusions.This publication has 18 references indexed in Scilit:
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