Hydrops fetalis due to ABO incompatibility

Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. 1998 May;78(3):F220-1. doi: 10.1136/fn.78.3.f220.

Abstract

Antenatal haemolysis in association with ABO incompatibility occurs very rarely. Two cases of hydrops fetalis in black infants caused by anti-B haemolysins are reported. The greater severity of ABO incompatibility in black African peoples may have important implications for antibody screening in this ethnic group.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • ABO Blood-Group System*
  • Black People
  • Blood Group Incompatibility / complications*
  • Blood Group Incompatibility / ethnology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hydrops Fetalis / etiology*
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Male

Substances

  • ABO Blood-Group System