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Pregnant Women at Low Risk of Having a Child with Fetal and Neonatal Alloimmune Thrombocytopenia Do Not Require Treatment with Intravenous Immunoglobulin
by Jens Kjeldsen-Kragh, Gregor Bein and Heidi Tiller
J. Clin. Med. 2023, 12(17), 5492; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12175492 - 24 Aug 2023
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Fetal and neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia (FNAIT) is a rare condition in which maternal alloantibodies to fetal platelets cause fetal thrombocytopenia that may lead to intracranial hemorrhage (ICH). Off-label intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) has for 30 years been the standard of care for pregnant women [...] Read more.
Fetal and neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia (FNAIT) is a rare condition in which maternal alloantibodies to fetal platelets cause fetal thrombocytopenia that may lead to intracranial hemorrhage (ICH). Off-label intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) has for 30 years been the standard of care for pregnant women who previously have had a child with FNAIT. The efficacy of this treatment has never been tested in a placebo-controlled clinical trial. Although IVIg treatment may improve the neonatal outcome in women who previously have had a child with FNAIT-associated ICH, the question is whether IVIg is necessary for all immunized pregnant women at risk of having a child with FNAIT. The results from some recent publications suggest that antenatal IVIg treatment is not necessary for women who are (1) HPA-1a-immunized and HLA-DRB3*01:01-negative, (2) HPA-1a-immunized with a previous child with FNAIT but without ICH or (3) HPA-5b-immunized. If IVIg is not used for these categories of pregnant women, the amount of IVIg used in pregnant women with platelet antibodies would be reduced to less than ¼ of today’s use. This is important because IVIg is a scarce resource, and the collection of plasma for the treatment of one pregnant woman is not only extremely expensive but also requires tremendous donor efforts. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Update on Prenatal Diagnosis and Maternal Fetal Medicine)
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Genetic Profiling of Idiopathic Antenatal Intracranial Haemorrhage: What We Know?
by Anna Franca Cavaliere, Irene Turrini, Marta Pallottini, Annalisa Vidiri, Laura Marchi, Federica Perelli, Simona Zaami, Giovanni Scambia and Fabrizio Signore
Genes 2021, 12(4), 573; https://doi.org/10.3390/genes12040573 - 15 Apr 2021
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Intracranial hemorrhage (ICH) is reported in premature infants and rarely, in prenatal life. Fetal ICH can be accurately identified in utero and categorized by antenatal sonography and/or MRI. Infectious disease, maternal drug exposure, alloimmune thrombocytopenia, maternal trauma, coagulation disorders and twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome [...] Read more.
Intracranial hemorrhage (ICH) is reported in premature infants and rarely, in prenatal life. Fetal ICH can be accurately identified in utero and categorized by antenatal sonography and/or MRI. Infectious disease, maternal drug exposure, alloimmune thrombocytopenia, maternal trauma, coagulation disorders and twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome can cause fetal ICH. However, in many cases, the cause is not identified and a genetic disorder should be taken into consideration. We conducted a review of the literature to investigate what we know about genetic origins of fetal ICH. We conducted targeted research on the databases PubMed and EMBASE, ranging from 1980 to 2020. We found 311 studies and 290 articles were excluded because they did not meet the inclusion criteria, and finally, 21 articles were considered relevant for this review. Hemostatic, protrombotic, collagen and X-linked GATA 1 genes were reported in the literature as causes of fetal ICH. In cases of ICH classified as idiopathic, possible underlying genetic causes should be accounted for and investigated. The identification of ICH genetic causes can guide the counselling process with respect to the recurrence risk, in addition to producing relevant clinical data to the neonatologist for the optimal management and prompt treatment of the newborn. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Genetic Research in Fetal Medicine)
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