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Categories: Transfusion medicine, Acquired hemolytic anemia, Haemorrhagic and haematological disorders of fetus and newborn, Articles with short description, Disorders originating in the perinatal period

erythroblastosis fetalis hemolytic disease of the newborn fetal erythroblastosis (Haemolytic disease due to rhesus isoimmunisation) or (erythroblastosis fetalis) or (rhesus isoimmunisation of the newborn) EF - Erythroblastosis foetalis

Severe anemia in newborn babies; the result of Rh incompatibility between maternal and fetal blood; typically occurs when the child of an Rh-negative mother inherits Rh-positive blood from the father; can be diagnosed before birth by amniocentesis WordNet 3.0

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Hemolytic disease of the newborn, also known as hemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn, HDN, HDFN, or erythroblastosis foetalis, is an alloimmune condition that develops in a fetus at or around birth, when the IgG molecules produced by the mother pass through the placenta. Wikipedia

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anemia

microcytic anemia

acquired hemolytic anemia

neonatal alloimmune disease

HAS KIND

hemolytic disease of the newborn

hydrops fetalis

Rh disease

ABO hemolytic disease of the newborn