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<Articles JournalTitle="Iranian Journal of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology">
  <Article>
    <Journal>
      <PublisherName>Tehran University of Medical Sciences</PublisherName>
      <JournalTitle>Iranian Journal of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology</JournalTitle>
      <Issn>1735-1502</Issn>
      <Volume>20</Volume>
      <Issue>6</Issue>
      <PubDate PubStatus="epublish">
        <Year>2021</Year>
        <Month>12</Month>
        <Day>08</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </Journal>
    <title locale="en_US">Identification of Antibodies against Neutrophil Surface Antigens in Two Iranian Patients with Autoimmune Neutropenia</title>
    <FirstPage>771</FirstPage>
    <LastPage>777</LastPage>
    <Language>EN</Language>
    <AuthorList>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Behnaz</FirstName>
        <LastName>Esmaeili</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Immunology, Asthma and Allergy Research Institute (IAARI), Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Behnaz</FirstName>
        <LastName>Bayat</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Institute for Clinical Immunology and Transfusion Medicine, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Mohamad Reza</FirstName>
        <LastName>Fazlollahi</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Immunology, Asthma and Allergy Research Institute (IAARI), Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Leila</FirstName>
        <LastName>Moradi</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Immunology, Asthma and Allergy Research Institute (IAARI), Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Arash</FirstName>
        <LastName>Kalantari</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Pediatrics, Vali-e-Asr Hospital, Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Seyed Mohammad Kazem</FirstName>
        <LastName>Nourbakhsh</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Pediatrics, Vali-e-Asr Hospital, Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Zahra</FirstName>
        <LastName>Pourpak</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Immunology, Asthma and Allergy Research Institute (IAARI), Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran</affiliation>
      </Author>
    </AuthorList>
    <History>
      <PubDate PubStatus="received">
        <Year>2020</Year>
        <Month>12</Month>
        <Day>22</Day>
      </PubDate>
      <PubDate PubStatus="accepted">
        <Year>2021</Year>
        <Month>07</Month>
        <Day>27</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </History>
    <abstract locale="en_US">Autoimmune neutropenia is a type of immune-mediated neutropenia, caused by antibody-induced neutrophil destruction. Here we report two cases (3-year-old boy and 9-year-old girl) with suspected autoimmune neutropenia. The presence of neutrophil antibodies in sera of these patients was investigated using standard neutrophil antibody screening tests such as granulocyte immunofluorescence test (GIFT), granulocyte agglutination test (GAT), and lymphocyte immunofluorescence test (LIFT). A positive reactivity with two panel cells was found in GIFT. No reactivities with panel cells were observed in GAT and LIFT. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report for detecting the neutrophil reactive antibodies using genotyped neutrophils in patients with autoimmune neutropenia in Iran. The final diagnosis of our patients was primary autoimmune neutropenia for the boy and autoimmune neutropenia associated with familial Mediterranean fever for the girl.</abstract>
    <web_url>https://ijaai.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijaai/article/view/3074</web_url>
    <pdf_url>https://ijaai.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijaai/article/download/3074/1760</pdf_url>
  </Article>
</Articles>
