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4022518

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PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3 Suppl
pubmed:dateCreated
1985-9-19
pubmed:abstractText
It has been proposed that the blood group antibody, anti-P, produced by p or Pk individuals may cause abortion early in pregnancy. The authors have studied and successfully treated a Pk woman with anti-P who had 13 consecutive first-trimester miscarriages. Anti-P was implicated as the cause of repeated pregnancy loss after extensive clinical, endocrinologic, immunologic, and chromosomal evaluations. To remove P blood group antibodies, plasmapheresis was begun at five weeks' gestation during the 14th pregnancy with one plasma volume exchange two to three times per week. This therapy resulted in a reduction in the titer of anti-P, and the patient was delivered of a viable female infant after 33 weeks' gestation. The management and outcome indicate that habitual abortion presumably due to anti-P can be successfully treated with plasmapheresis. This case provides additional evidence that anti-P is responsible for abortions in p or Pk women, and that these abortions are immunologically mediated.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0029-7844
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
66
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
57S-60S
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-10-26
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1985
pubmed:articleTitle
Plasmapheresis for the treatment of repeated early pregnancy wastage associated with anti-P.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports