Greenhall, GHB;
Ushiro-Lumb, I;
Pavord, S;
Currie, I;
Perera, MTPR;
Hartog, H;
Hill, QA;
... UK Donor VITT Transplant Study Group; + view all
(2021)
Organ transplantation from deceased donors with vaccine-induced thrombosis and thrombocytopenia.
American Journal of Transplantation
10.1111/ajt.16735.
(In press).
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Abstract
Vaccine-induced thrombosis and thrombocytopenia (VITT) may follow immunisation with the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine against SARS-CoV-2. Autoantibodies to platelet factor 4 (PF4) may mediate VITT through antibody-dependent platelet activation, though the underlying etiology is uncertain. Anti-PF4 antibodies are also seen in heparin-induced thrombocytopenia, though most cases of VITT do not have prior heparin exposure. More than 20 million people in the United Kingdom (UK) have received the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine.
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