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Old Mon Apr 29, 2013, 01:34 PM
Grifmat Grifmat is offline
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HLA Platelets. Have Some Questions?????

I tried to look for some answers throughout the forum before I started yet another thread. I couldn't find anything that gave me the answers I'm looking for. You have all been so generous and informative, I'm hoping you can all help. My mom has become refractory to regular platelets. She's been holding her own in the 10 - 15 platelet count range while receiving single and random donor platelets. They are starting her on HLA platelets today. Here are my questions:

Do they raise your platelets up higher that the other platelets?
Do they last any longer?
Can she become refractory to them? Could they stop working too?

Now my mom's problem is auto immune and it seems to be attacking her platelets before they leave the bone marrow...but they are being made...they just aren't getting out.

Any info you can give me would be so appreciated. Thank you so much!
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