Maternal Antibody Mediated Hemolysis
from Section III - Erythrocyte Disorders
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 30 January 2021
Hemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn (HDFN) is the immune mediated destruction of fetal and neonatal red blood cells by maternal antibody. HDFN occurs when the fetal red blood cells express a paternally inherited antigen not present on maternal red blood cells. The spectrum of illness ranges from clinically insignificant to that of a critically ill, anemic, hydropic, and jaundiced infant at risk for bilirubin-induced brain damage (kernicterus).
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