Management of Fetal Hydrops due to Maternal Antibodies against a Low Incidence Paternal Red Cell Antigen: A Novel Insight from Clinical Practice

Autor: Joyce Poole, Edwin Massey, Alison Hills, John Moppett, Stephen W. Jones, Timothy Overton, Sue Search
Rok vydání: 2012
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Zdroj: Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy. 33:137-140
ISSN: 1421-9964
1015-3837
DOI: 10.1159/000345347
Popis: A rare case of a low incidence red cell antigen causing severe fetal allo-immune red cell disease is presented. Discussion of how this can be diagnosed and successfully managed antenatally using middle cerebral artery Doppler ultrasound and maternal antibody titre levels for fetal surveillance and timing of intervention with intrauterine transfusion.
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