Abstract
Fetal anaemia can by treated by in-utero therapy, which results in a significant improvement in perinatal outcome. The important causes of fetal anaemia are rhesus alloimmunisation, kell alloimmunisation and parvovirus infection. At-risk pregnancies require serial monitoring to ensure timely intervention with intrauterine transfusion. Non-invasive testing with middle cerebral artery Doppler is becoming the monitoring modality of choice.
MeSH terms
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Anemia / diagnosis*
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Anemia / etiology
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Anemia / therapy*
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Blood Transfusion, Intrauterine / methods
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Female
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Fetal Diseases / diagnosis*
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Fetal Diseases / etiology
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Fetal Diseases / therapy*
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Humans
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Kell Blood-Group System / immunology
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Middle Cerebral Artery / diagnostic imaging
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Parvoviridae Infections / complications
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Parvoviridae Infections / diagnosis
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Parvovirus B19, Human
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Pregnancy
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Prenatal Diagnosis / methods
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Rh Isoimmunization / complications
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Ultrasonography, Prenatal / methods