Neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia epidemiology and demographics

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Overview

Epidemiology and Demographics

NAIT occurs in somewhere between 1/800 ^[1] and 1/5000 ^[2] live births (more recent studies of NAIT seem to indicate that it occurs in somewhere between 1/800 and 1/1000 live births).

References

↑ Doctor Cecil Kaplan (2003-11-01). “Fetal and Neonatal Alloimmune Thrombocytopenia” (PDF). Orphanet Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2007-09-23.
↑ Janice G. McFarland, Richard H. Aster, James E. Bussel, John G. Gianopoulos, Rebecca S. Derbes, and Peter J. Newman (1991-11-01). “Prenatal Diagnosis of Neonatal Alloimmune Thrombocytopenia Using Allele-Specific Oligonucleotide Probes”. Blood Journal. Retrieved 2007-09-23.

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[1] Doctor Cecil Kaplan (2003-11-01). “Fetal and Neonatal Alloimmune Thrombocytopenia” (PDF). Orphanet Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2007-09-23.

[2] Janice G. McFarland, Richard H. Aster, James E. Bussel, John G. Gianopoulos, Rebecca S. Derbes, and Peter J. Newman (1991-11-01). “Prenatal Diagnosis of Neonatal Alloimmune Thrombocytopenia Using Allele-Specific Oligonucleotide Probes”. Blood Journal. Retrieved 2007-09-23.

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