Maternofetal transfusion during delivery and sensitization of the newborn against the rhesus D-antigen.
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 percent of the samples, irrespective of ABO incompatibility. Anti-D antibodies were detected in 22.2 percent 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.
D000017:ABO Blood-Group System; D001787:Blood Group Incompatibility; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007518:Isoantibodies / Q000032:analysis*; D008431:Maternal-Fetal Exchange; D011247:Pregnancy; D012204:Rh-Hr Blood-Group System
D000017:ABO Blood-Group System; D007518:Isoantibodies; D012204:Rh-Hr Blood-Group System