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Rh null Red Cells and Pregnancy
Author(s) -
Gibbs B.J.,
Moores Phyllis
Publication year - 1983
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.1423-0410.1983.tb04127.x
Subject(s) - pregnancy , red cell , obstetrics , medicine , red blood cell , antibody , erythrocyte fragility , andrology , immunology , physiology , hemolysis , biology , genetics
. The haemoglobin, haematocrit and osmotic fragility red cell values in a South African white woman with Rh null cells and the corresponding haematological syndrome were shown to vary only minimally during her third pregnancy. This occurred in spite of the precautionary donation by her of two units of her blood at 20 and at 27 weeks of pregnancy for storage in liquid nitrogen. Although there was fear to the contrary, the woman's infant was found at birth to be suffering only mildly from haemolytic disease of the newborn due to the anti‐Rh29 antibodies present in her plasma.