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The Application of the Kleihauer Technique to Fetal Blood
Author(s) -
Jones W. R.
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.734
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1479-828X
pISSN - 0004-8666
DOI - 10.1111/j.1479-828x.1969.tb02523.x
Subject(s) - fetus , cord blood , third trimester , elution , obstetrics , gestation , medicine , andrology , pregnancy , chemistry , chromatography , immunology , biology , genetics
Summary An acid elution technique, when applied to fetal blood, demonstrated completely eluted or “adult” erythrocytes as early as the twelfth week of gestation. In the third trimester the proportion of completely eluted cells varied from approximately 1% at 32 weeks to 2% at term. These results form a baseline for the use of the method as an accurate and rapid means of assessing the donor erythrocyte content of cord blood in babies born after intrauterine transfusion.