Hemolytic disease of the newborn is a severe form of Rh hemolytic disease where maternal anti-Rh antibodies cause severe hemolytic anemia in the fetus.
La enfermedad hemolítica del recién nacido es una forma grave de la enfermedad hemolítica Rh donde los anticuerpos anti-Rh maternos causan anemia hemolítica severa en el feto.
| Front | A severe form of Rh hemolytic disease in which maternal anti-Rh antibody enters the fetus and produces a hemolytic anemia so severe that the fetus has mainly immature erythroblasts in the peripheral blood |
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| Back | hemolytic disease of the newborn |
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