Incidence of Rhesus isoimmunization in Rhesus-negative mothers in Ramadi, Iraq, in the mid-1990s.
This work was carried out in Ramadi, Iraq over the period 1993 to 1997. Of 487 rhesus (Rh)-negative mothers tested and followed up, 172 were primigravida, 1.7% of whom were Rh-isoimmunized. The frequency of isoimmunization increased with increasing number of pregnancies (4.9% for second pregnancies to 45.4% for fifth pregnancies). Comparison of our results with other earlier studies shows that the incidence of Rh-isoimmunization in our study was considerably greater than the others.
al-Joudi
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Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Al-Anbar University, Ramadi, Iraq.
Ahmed al-Salih
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D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007493:Iraq / Q000453:epidemiology; D008403:Mass Screening; D010298:Parity; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D012203:Rh Isoimmunization / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D012204:Rh-Hr Blood-Group System; D018029:Rho(D) Immune Globulin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012307:Risk Factors
D012204:Rh-Hr Blood-Group System; D018029:Rho(D) Immune Globulin