Rhesus and ABO incompatibility.

Prevalence of Rhesus Type and Abo Incompatibility in Jaundiced Neonates

Objective: To determine the prevalence of Rh and ABO incompatibility in jaundiced neonates. Methodology: This hospital based descriptive study was conducted in Pediatrics Unit, Lady Reading Hospital Peshawar. A total of 200 neonates with clinically diagnosed jaundice were included in the study. Results: Out of 200 neonates 70% were male and 30%female. Majority of neonates 99.5% age was ranged f...

ABO incompatibility: which one matters?

ABO Bloods group incompatibility in recurrent abortion

Abstract Background A vast variety of factors may cause recurrent pregnancy loss. Blood group incompatibility of parents could cause abortion. The examination of couples or twins, blood groups showed that the blood group incompatibility can affect adversely the outcome of pregnancy. Couples with blood group incompatibility are more involved in spontaneous miscarriage. Antigenes in two differe...

Hydrops fetalis due to ABO incompatibility.

Hemolytic disease of the newborn due to ABO incompatibility was first observed by Halbrecht in 1944. This entity has a spectrum ranging from minimal hemolysis requiring no therapy, as is the case in most instances, to severe hemolytic disease requiring aggressive management including exchange transfusion in a small percentage of cases. An extreme degree of hemolytic disease of the newborn due t...

Smallpox Vaccination: Abo and Rhesus Blood Groups.

The hypothesis has been advanced (Pettenkofer and Bickerich, I96o) that vaccinia virus and, by implication, variola virus contain antigenic properties similar to human blood group A substance. Vogel, Pettenkofer, and Helmbold (I960) assert that possession by variola virus of a material serologically resembling human blood group A substance may have been responsible, in part, for determining the...