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Maternofetal Transfusion during Delivery and Sensitization of the Newborn against the Rhesus D‐Antigen
Author(s) -
Luca E. Carapellade,
Casadei A. M.,
Pascone R.,
Tardi C.,
Pacioni C.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
vox sanguinis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.68
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1423-0410
pISSN - 0042-9007
DOI - 10.1111/j.1423-0410.1978.tb02475.x
Subject(s) - sensitization , medicine , antigen , immunology , blood transfusion , isoantibodies
. The presence of maternal cells was determined in a blood sample of 86 rhesus D‐negative newborns with a rhesus D‐positive mother using the ‘minor cell population technique’ of Jones and Silver . Maternal cells were found in 43% of the samples, irrespective of ABO incompatibility. Anti‐D antibodies were detected in 22.2% of serum samples from 53 children taken at 6–10 months after birth. There was no correlation between the presence of anti‐D and the results of the minor cell population technique at birth. The results are discussed.