Reduced severity of Rh-haemolytic disease after anti-D immunoglobulin.
- 8 November 1975
- Vol. 4 (5992) , 320-322
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.4.5992.320
Abstract
A total of 2459 Rh-negative women who received anti-D immunoglobulin after a Rh-positive pregnancy were followed up in at least one subsequent pregnancy. There was a failure of protection rate of 1-6%. Follow-up of 53 subsequent infants of mother in whom protection had failed showed that the infants were less severely affected than would have been expected. This was confirmed by a comparative statistical analysis of the present series and a series of first affected cases before anti-D immunoglobulin was available, using the antibody titre during pregnancy and the haemoglobin levels at delivery.Keywords
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