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.
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