Pregnancy affected by isoimmunisation caused by a unique haemolytic rhesus type antibody in a Somali woman.
Clinical suspicion and biochemical evidence of isoimmunisation in pregnancy have from contemporary times led to clinical curiousity and intervention at various stages of pregnancy for the sake of the fetus. Some of these interventions only found unnecessary after the causative antibodies have been properly identified and characterised. Hundreds of these antibodies were identified accidentally or by planned clinical and biochemical investigation. Here we present a unique case of isoimmunisation in pregnancy caused by a unique haemolytic antibody.
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Anthony Emeka
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Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Birmingham Women's Hospital, Birmingham, UK. emymadu@yahoo.co.uk
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D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007567:Jaundice, Neonatal / Q000097:blood / Q000628:therapy; D011247:Pregnancy; D011250:Pregnancy Complications, Hematologic / Q000097:blood*; D047928:Premature Birth / Q000097:blood*; D012203:Rh Isoimmunization / Q000097:blood*