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Screening for fetal and neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia – lessons learned from a Norwegian screening program

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An important issue on human platelet antigen (HPA)-1a screening has recently been addressed in Acta Obstetrica et Gynecologica Scandinavia. Winkelhorst et al. reported that the vast majority of women in the… Click to show full abstract

An important issue on human platelet antigen (HPA)-1a screening has recently been addressed in Acta Obstetrica et Gynecologica Scandinavia. Winkelhorst et al. reported that the vast majority of women in the general pregnant population were positive about screening (1). Here we report that there was also a positive attitude towards screening among Norwegian HPA-1a-immunized pregnant women. Further, we report that insufficient information may have led to unnecessary anxiety in this high-risk population. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

Keywords: fetal neonatal; alloimmune thrombocytopenia; thrombocytopenia lessons; lessons learned; neonatal alloimmune; screening fetal

Journal Title: Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica
Year Published: 2018

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