antiplatelet antibodies

Antibodies that attack blood PLATELETS. Most are formed as a result of an AUTOIMMUNE process but some cases result from passage of maternal antibodies through the placenta before birth, or from platelet transfusion. Autoantibodies are common in SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS or HUGHES' SYNDROME. The effect of antiplatelet antibodies is to produce a drop in the number of platelets (THROMBOCYTOPENIA).

Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005

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antiplatelet antibody
gestational thrombocytopenia
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