First case of haemolytic disease of the newborn due to anti-Mur in Hong Kong.
The fifth child of a Hong Kong Chinese mother developed moderate jaundice, attributable to antibodies (anti-Mi) against antigenic determinants in GP.Mur (Miltenberger, class III) red cells. Both the father and the eldest sister were of the phenotype GP.Mur. Testing of maternal serum against a red cell panel including cells known to carry the antigenic determinants of some Miltenberger phenotypes revealed the presence of anti-Mur. This report documents the first case of haemolytic disease of the newborn (HDN) due to anti-Mur in Hong Kong.
Lin
C K
CK
Hong Kong Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
Mak
K H
KH
Szeto
S C
SC
Poon
K H
KH
Yuen
C M
CM
Chan
N K
NK
Liu
H W
HW
Ng
C P
CP
D000906:Antibodies / Q000276:immunology; D004899:Erythroblastosis, Fetal / Q000276:immunology*; D006723:Hong Kong; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000276:immunology*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008951:MNSs Blood-Group System / Q000276:immunology*; D008297:Male
D000906:Antibodies; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D008951:MNSs Blood-Group System