Abstract
A male neonate of 38 weeks' gestation with isoimmune neonatal thrombocytopenia treated with high dose intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) developed necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) at 3 days of age. The known maternal and neonatal risk factors for the development of this disease were excluded. The association between high dose IVIG and the appearance of thrombotic events might be another aetiological factor for occurrence of NEC in a newborn infant.
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Abbreviations
- IVIG:
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intravenous immunoglobulin
- NEC:
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necrotizing enterocolitis
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Merlob, P., Litmanovitch, I., Mor, N. et al. Necrotizing enterocolitis after intravenous immunoglobulin treatment for neonatal isoimmune thrombocytopenia. Eur J Pediatr 149, 432–433 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02009666
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02009666