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HEMOLYTIC DISEASE OF THE NEWBORN CAUSED BY THE RHESUS ANTIGEN C w
Author(s) -
MOGILNER B. M.,
BERREBI A.,
LEVY A.,
LEVENE C.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1982.tb09506.x
Subject(s) - medicine , hemolytic disease of the newborn (abo) , coombs test , abo blood group system , rh blood group system , antibody , antigen , haemolytic disease , incidence (geometry) , disease , isoantibodies , immunology , blood type (non human) , pregnancy , fetus , genetics , physics , optics , biology
. A positive direct antiglobulin (Coombs) test (DAT) in a jaundiced neonate, without demonstrable antibodies while screening the mother's blood, presents a problem. In this case report the absence of ABO and Rh o (D) incompatibility led to the discovering of the anti‐C w as the cause of the hemolytic process. Hitherto, only few cases of hemolytic disease of the newborn, caused by this low incidence Rh antigen have been reported.