Volume 5, Issue 3 (Autumn 2013 2013)                   nkums 2013, 5(3): 673-675 | Back to browse issues page


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Post-transfusion purpura is a rare immunohematological disorder characterized by severe thrombocytopenia following transfusion of blood components and induced by an alloantibody against a donor platelet antigen. It occurs primarily in women sensitized by pregnancy and is most commonly caused by anti-human platelet antigen-1a antibodies. Here, we describe what we believe to be the first suspicious case of an Iranian woman who developed post-transfusion purpura after receiving multiple blood products

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Type of Study: Case Report | Subject: Basic Sciences
Received: 2015/03/28 | Accepted: 2015/03/28 | Published: 2015/03/28

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