FMAITP

Origin

Abbreviation of feto-maternal alloimmune thrombocytopenia.

Full definition of FMAITP

Noun

FMAITP

(uncountable)

(pathology) A too-low number of platelets in a fetus' blood, due to his mother's antibodies having been passed via the placenta and attacking his own platelets.

Synonyms

neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia, NAITP, NAIT
feto-maternal alloimmune thrombocytopenia, fetomaternal alloimmune thrombocytopenia, FMAIT
alloimmune thrombocytopenia, AIT