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Alternative therapies for neonatal autoimmune thrombocytopenia
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Turkey.
Vox Sanguinis
|May 22, 1998
Abstract
Objective:
This study was performed to test whether corticosteroids were superior to intravenous immunoglobulins (IVIG) in the treatment of neonatal autoimmune thrombocytopenia (NAT).
Methods:
All cases received IVIG, and unresponsive cases received corticosteroids.
Results:
Of 7 babies who received IVIG, only 1 responded. The 6 remaining cases received corticosteroids thereafter, and all of them responded well to this therapy.
Conclusions:
Corticosteroids may be more effective than IVIG in NAT.