[Hydrops fetalis caused by isoimmunization against Kell factor (author's transl)].
The article reports on a case of hydrops fetalis caused by Kell antibodies, antibody formation having been triggered by pregnancy. Since the relative frequency of Kell (and rhesus sub-group) intolerance is increasing due to the successes achieved by anti-D-immunoglobulin prophylaxis, the question arises, on account of the possibly severe course of the disease, whether the Kell factor should be taken into consideration in all blood transfusions in girls during their childhood and in women of childbearing age.
D001789:Blood Group Antigens; D001787:Blood Group Incompatibility / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004487:Edema / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology*; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000276:immunology*; D007626:Kell Blood-Group System; D011247:Pregnancy
D001789:Blood Group Antigens; D007626:Kell Blood-Group System
Durch Isoimmunisierung gegen den Blutfaktor Kell verursachter Hydrops fetalis.