Alloimmunization
New findings reported from University libre of Bruxelles, Faculty of Medicine describe advances in alloimmunization
Published in Vaccine Weekly, November 1st, 2006
A report, "Neonatal disease in neutral endopeptidase alloimmunization: lessons for immunological monitoring," is newly published data in Pediatric Nephrology. "Neutral endopeptidase (NEP) alloimmunization has recently been determined to cause severe forms of neonatal disease as a result of the transplacental passage of anti-NEP antibodies. However there is a wide spectrum of neonatal disease variability," investigators in Brussels, Belgium report.
"We present the medical histories of a large family, specifically of two alloimmunized sisters in their second pregnancy in whom we established the basis of immunological surveillance and therapeutic intervention during...
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Source: Vaccine Weekly (2006-11-01)
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