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Blood, Vol. 92 No. 7 (October 1), 1998: pp. 2280-2287

The Natural History of Fetomaternal Alloimmunization to the Platelet-Specific Antigen HPA-1a (PlA1, Zwa) as Determined by Antenatal Screening

Lorna M. Williamson, Gerald Hackett, Janet Rennie, Christopher R. Palmer, Caroline Maciver, Ruth Hadfield, Darren Hughes, Shirley Jobson, and Willem H. Ouwehand

From the Division of Transfusion Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK; the National Blood Service, East Anglia and Birmingham Centres, UK; the Departments of Obstetrics and Paediatrics, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK; Centre for Applied Medical Statistics, Department of Community Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK; and the National Institute for Biological Standards and Controls, Potters Bar, UK.

Immunization against the human platelet antigen (HPA)-1 alloantigen is the most common cause of severe fetal and neonatal thrombocytopenia. Fetal therapy has substantial risks and its indications need better definition. Of 24,417 consecutive pregnant women, 618 (2.5%) were HPA-1a negative of whom 385 entered an observational study. All were HLA-DRB3*0101 genotyped and screened for anti-HPA-1a. Their partners and neonates were HPA-1 genotyped and the latter were assessed by cord blood platelet counts and cerebral ultrasound scans. Anti-HPA-1a was detected in 46 of 387 pregnancies (12.0%; 95% CI 8.7%-15.2%). All but one were HLA-DRB3*0101 positive (odds ratio 140; 95% CI 19-1035; P< .00001). One baby died in utero, and of 26 HPA-1a-positive babies born to women with persistent antenatal antibodies, 9 were severely thrombocytopenic (8 with a count <10 × 109/L, 1 with a large porencephalic cyst), 10 were mildly thrombocytopenic, whereas 7 had normal platelet counts. Severe thrombocytopenia was significantly associated with a third trimester anti-HPA-1a titer >=  1:32 (P = .004), but was not observed in babies of women with either transient or postnatal-only antibodies. HPA-1a alloimmunization complicates 1 in 350 unselected pregnancies, resulting in severe thrombocytopenia in 1:1,200. HPA-1a and HLA-DRB3*0101 typing combined with anti-HPA-1a titration allows selection of the majority of pregnancies at risk of severe thrombocytopenia.


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