The Importance of HLA Antibodies in AIT

Brian Greene: I get that question a lot from physicians that call either before they get results or they've gotten the results and they have the scenario you mentioned. It's important like you said talk about HLA quick is that it's real hard to implicate HLA antibodies in AIT, that's a big controversy in the field that all the labs struggle with. So many women make HLA antibodies but we don't see that rate of NAIT in pregnancy so obviously HLA antibodies are rare cause but maybe they do. He says if there is an antibody that pops up say an HPA2B for instance then you could start the IVIG treatment protocols at that time. That way