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Learn more about how blood type incompatibility can be a cause of fetal and neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia (FNAIT).

In FNAIT, fetal monitoring can include a Doppler ultrasound to monitor blood flow and a fetal blood sample to check platelet levels.

The purpose of IVIG is to continually block the mother’s immune system from attacking the fetus.

If FNAIT occurs in a first pregnancy, the risk is higher that the disease will occur and be more severe in future pregnancies.

Genetics play an important role in FNAIT, as it occurs when the fetus inherits a human platelet antigen from the father.

Learn about why early detection of fetal and neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia is essential in preventing long-term effects.

Learn why platelet transfusions are the primary treatment for fetal and neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia.