Severe immune thrombocytopenia secondary to Waldenström's macroglobulinemia with anti-GPIb/IX monoclonal IgM antibody

Ann Hematol. 2014 Apr;93(4):711-2. doi: 10.1007/s00277-013-1857-3. Epub 2013 Jul 28.

Authors

Jun Yamanouchi¹, Takaaki Hato, Toshiyuki Niiya, Taichi Azuma, Masaki Yasukawa

Affiliation

¹ Department of Hematology, Clinical Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, 454 Shitsukawa, Toon, Ehime, 791-0295, Japan, [email protected].

PMID: 23892928
DOI: 10.1007/s00277-013-1857-3

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Aged
Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic / blood*
Antibodies, Monoclonal / blood*
Humans
Immunoglobulin M / blood*
Male
Platelet Glycoprotein GPIb-IX Complex / metabolism*
Thrombocytopenia / blood*
Thrombocytopenia / diagnosis
Thrombocytopenia / etiology
Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia / blood*
Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia / complications
Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia / diagnosis

Substances

Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic
Antibodies, Monoclonal
Immunoglobulin M
Platelet Glycoprotein GPIb-IX Complex
glycoprotein receptor GPIb-IX