Acquired Glanzmann's thrombasthenia as part of multiple-autoantibody syndrome in a pediatric heart transplant patient

J Pediatr. 2004 May;144(5):672-4. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2003.12.040.

Abstract

Although advances in immunosuppressive therapy have allowed prolonged patient survival, immune dysregulation observed in these patients has increased. We report an 11-year-old female heart transplant recipient in whom Glanzmann thrombasthenia was identified as part of a "multiple autoantibody syndrome" manifesting sequentially as autoimmune hemolytic anemia, thrombocytopenia, and neutropenia.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Autoimmune Diseases / chemically induced*
  • Female
  • Heart Transplantation*
  • Humans
  • Immunosuppressive Agents / adverse effects*
  • Infant
  • Thrombasthenia / chemically induced*

Substances

  • Immunosuppressive Agents