Should we continue screening rhesus D positive women for the development of atypical antibodies in late pregnancy?

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 59-61

  Adeniji, A A ^a   Fuller, I ^a   Dale, T ^a   Lindow, S W ^a  

^a HULL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibody; Pregnancy; Rhesus positive; Screening; Third trimester

Indexed keywords

RHESUS D ANTIBODY; ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FETUS OUTCOME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHESUS INCOMPATIBILITY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; BLOOD; BLOOD GROUP RHESUS SYSTEM; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ECONOMICS; IMMUNOLOGY; NEWBORN HEMOLYTIC DISEASE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ANTIBODIES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; ERYTHROBLASTOSIS, FETAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RH-HR BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 34248590614     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14767050601123317     Document Type: Article

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