PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Mubarak, Ahmed A.
AU  - Awidi, Abdalla
AU  - Rasul, Kakil I.
AU  - Al-Homsi, Ussama
TI  - Thrombocytopenia responding to red blood cell transfusion
DP  - 2004 Jan 01
TA  - Saudi Medical Journal
PG  - 106--109
VI  - 25
IP  - 1
4099  - http://smj.org.sa/content/25/1/106.short
4100  - http://smj.org.sa/content/25/1/106.full
SO  - Saudi Med J2004 Jan 01; 25
AB  - Three patients with severe symptomatic iron deficiency anemia and thrombocytopenia had a significant rise in platelet count a few days following packed red blood cell transfusion. Pre-transfusion platelet count of patient one was 17 x 109/L, 22 x 109/L in patient 2 and 29 x 109/L in patient 3. On the 6th day post transfusion, the platelet count rose to 166 x 109/L in patient one, 830 x 109/L in patient 2 and 136 x 109/L in patient 3. The possible mechanisms behind such an unreported observation are discussed.