Hemolytic disease of the newborn caused by irregular blood subgroup (Kell, C, c, E, and e) incompatibilities: Report of 106 cases at a tertiary-care centre

American Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 449-454

  Karagol, Belma Saygili ^a   Zenciroglu, Aysegul ^a   Okumus, Nurullah ^a   Karadag, Nilgun ^a   Dursun, Arzu ^a   Hakan, Nilay ^a  

^a Dr Sami Ulus Maternity Children's Education and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

blood subgroup incompatibility; Coombs test; exchange blood transfusion; hemolysis; hydrops fetalis; hyerbilirubinemia; intravenous immunoglobulin; neonate

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD GROUP; BLOOD GROUP INCOMPATIBILITY; BLOOD GROUP KELL SYSTEM; CLINICAL FEATURE; COOMBS TEST; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; EXCHANGE BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; FETUS HYDROPS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOLYSIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; JAUNDICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEWBORN; NEWBORN HEMOLYTIC DISEASE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

BILIRUBIN; COOMBS' TEST; ERYTHROBLASTOSIS, FETAL; EXCHANGE TRANSFUSION, WHOLE BLOOD; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KELL BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84861228979     PISSN: 07351631     EISSN: 10988785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1304826     Document Type: Article

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