Hydrops fetalis due to ABO incompatibility.
Antenatal haemolysis in association with ABO incompatibility occurs very rarely. Two cases of hydrops fetalis in black infants caused by anti-B haemolysins are reported. The greater severity of ABO incompatibility in black African peoples may have important implications for antibody screening in this ethnic group.
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Department of Child Health, Kings College Hospital, London.
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D000017:ABO Blood-Group System; D044383:Black People; D001787:Blood Group Incompatibility / Q000150:complications* / Q000208:ethnology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015160:Hydrops Fetalis / Q000209:etiology*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male
D000017:ABO Blood-Group System