title: Neonatal anti-Kell isoimmune hemolytic disease with spherocytes.
abstract: Two infants with hemolytic disease of the newborn due to Kell incompatibility are described. The peripheral blood smears revealed many spherocytes. This important hematologic sign in a neonate suggests not only ABO incompatibility, hereditary spherocytosis, or G6PD deficiency, but also the possibility of Kell incompatibility.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neonatology, Beilinson Medical Center, Petah Tiqva, Israel.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Merlob
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Reisner
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zaizov
mesh_terms: D001787:Blood Group Incompatibility / Q000276:immunology*; D003241:Consanguinity; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004899:Erythroblastosis, Fetal / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007112:Immunity, Maternally-Acquired; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007518:Isoantibodies / Q000276:immunology*; D007626:Kell Blood-Group System / Q000276:immunology*; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D013102:Spherocytes; D013103:Spherocytosis, Hereditary / Q000175:diagnosis
chemical_list: D007518:Isoantibodies; D007626:Kell Blood-Group System