Complement-mediated autoimmune thrombocytopenia. Monoclonal IgM antiplatelet antibody associated with lymphoreticular malignant disease

N Engl J Med. 1987 Jan 22;316(4):194-8. doi: 10.1056/NEJM198701223160406.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Antibodies, Monoclonal / analysis
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal / immunology
  • Autoantibodies / analysis
  • Autoantibodies / immunology*
  • Autoimmune Diseases / immunology*
  • Autoimmune Diseases / therapy
  • Blood Platelets / immunology*
  • Complement Activation
  • Complement C3 / immunology*
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulin M / analysis
  • Immunoglobulin M / immunology*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Paraproteinemias / complications
  • Paraproteinemias / immunology
  • Platelet Aggregation
  • Purpura, Thrombocytopenic / etiology
  • Purpura, Thrombocytopenic / immunology*
  • Purpura, Thrombocytopenic / therapy
  • Splenectomy

Substances

  • Antibodies, Monoclonal
  • Autoantibodies
  • Complement C3
  • Immunoglobulin M