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Risk of HPA-1a–immunization in HPA-1a–negative women after giving birth to an HPA-1a–positive child

Kjeldsen-Kragh, Jens LU and Olsen, Klaus Juel (2019) In Transfusion 59(4). p.1344-1352
Abstract

BACKGROUND: Fetal/neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia (FNAIT) is the platelet counterpart of hemolytic disease of the newborn. Most severe cases of FNAIT are caused by antibodies against human platelet antigen-1a (HPA-1a). HPA-1a–negative women giving birth to an HPA-1a–positive child are at risk of becoming HPA-1a–immunized, particularly women who are HLA-DRB3*01:01–positive. The aim of the study was to estimate the risk of HPA-1a–immunization in both HPA-1a–negative/HLA-DRB3*01:01–positive and HPA-1a–negative/HLA-DRB3*01:01–negative women after delivery of an HPA-1a–positive child. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS: A literature search was conducted, which identified 10 prospective FNAIT studies. The risk of becoming HPA-1a–immunized... (More)

BACKGROUND: Fetal/neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia (FNAIT) is the platelet counterpart of hemolytic disease of the newborn. Most severe cases of FNAIT are caused by antibodies against human platelet antigen-1a (HPA-1a). HPA-1a–negative women giving birth to an HPA-1a–positive child are at risk of becoming HPA-1a–immunized, particularly women who are HLA-DRB3*01:01–positive. The aim of the study was to estimate the risk of HPA-1a–immunization in both HPA-1a–negative/HLA-DRB3*01:01–positive and HPA-1a–negative/HLA-DRB3*01:01–negative women after delivery of an HPA-1a–positive child. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS: A literature search was conducted, which identified 10 prospective FNAIT studies. The risk of becoming HPA-1a–immunized postpartum was calculated by Bayes' theorem. The results of HLA-DRB3/4/5 typing of 212,472 European Caucasians from the National Marrow Donor Program were used as estimate of the frequency of the HLA-DRB3*01:01 allele. RESULTS: In HPA-1a–negative/HLA-DRB3*01:01–positive women, the risk of HPA-1a–immunization after delivery of an HPA-1a–positive child was estimated to 12.7% (95% confidence interval, 8.6%–16.8%) as compared to 0.5% (95% confidence interval, 0.1%–0.9%) in women who were HLA-1a–negative/HLA-DRB3*01:01–negative. Potential differences between nulliparous and multiparous and the role of one versus two doses of HLA-DRB3*01:01 could not be determined. CONCLUSION: In HPA-1a–negative/HLA-DRB3*01:01–positive women, the risk of HPA-1a–immunization is 12.7% after delivery of an HPA-1a–positive child, which is 25 times higher than in HPA-1a–negative/HLA-DRB3*01:01–negative women. Thus, the risk of HPA-1a–immunization in high-risk pregnancies is in the same range as the risk of RhD immunization in RhD-negative women after delivery of a RhD-positive child without RhD prophylaxis.

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  author       = {{Kjeldsen-Kragh, Jens and Olsen, Klaus Juel}},
  issn         = {{0041-1132}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  month        = {{02}},
  number       = {{4}},
  pages        = {{1344--1352}},
  publisher    = {{Wiley-Blackwell}},
  series       = {{Transfusion}},
  title        = {{Risk of HPA-1a–immunization in HPA-1a–negative women after giving birth to an HPA-1a–positive child}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/trf.15152}},
  doi          = {{10.1111/trf.15152}},
  volume       = {{59}},
  year         = {{2019}},
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