Chessells, Judith M., and Wigglesworth, J. S. (1971). Archives of Disease in Childhood, 46, 37. Haemostatic failure in babies with rhesus isoimmunization. Platelet counts, fibrinogen levels, thrombotest, thromboplastin generation screening test, thrombin ratio, and titre of circulating fibrin degradation products, were measured in 30 infants with Rh isoimmunization, of whom 5 had a bleeding ten...

SIRy-Mr. W. L. Whitehouse (21 June, p. 759), like myself' and many others, again calls attention to the potential dangers of rhesus isoimmunization in therapeutic abortion. He asks that the extent of this problem be further and scientifically investigated. There are, in fact, one or two further facets to be considered. Firstly, all of us are aware of the numbers of women whose first continuing ...

Congenital cytomegalic inclusion disease occurring in two infants who received intrauterine transfusions for severe haemolytic disease due to rhesus isoimmunization may have been transmitted in the donor blood.

Out of 177 Rh(D)-negative patients studied, 96 were successfully followed-up after spontaneous or therapeutic abortion. Rh antibodies were detected by the indirect Coombs test in two patients and by an enzyme technique only in a further seven, an overall incidence of 9.4%.The prophylactic use of anti-D immunoglobulin is now recommended for Rh-negative non-immunized patients undergoing abortion,...