“…boy. In marked contrast to reported exam ples of alloanti-Gerbich [2,5,6,12,20,23,27,33], the boy's autoantibody was capable of binding IgG and complement to the pa tient's own Gerbich-positive red cells. De struction of the child's red cells continued under a standard steroid regimen, but cell survival improved following splenectomy.…”