This report examines the clinical course of an RhD-negative woman who developed a high anti-D antibody titer during her pregnancy while carrying an RhD-positive female fetus yet had a negative ...

“As an Anti-D recipient myself ... to RhD-positive blood – often during a previous pregnancy – her immune system may produce antibodies that attack the baby’s blood as a foreign threat.

ALTHOUGH anti-A and anti-B occur normally in all persons of blood Type O, anti-Rh (anti-D ... pregnant for the 1st time. At 36 weeks' gestation, the blood was found to contain anti-Rh antibodies ...

is a condition where antibodies develop in a pregnant woman’s blood and subsequently destroy the blood cells of the baby she is carrying. All women with a RhD negative blood reading during their ...

In 1966, scientists discovered that blood plasmas containing Anti-D, an uncommon antibody, could be administered during pregnancy to help prevent hemolytic disease of the newborn, which can cause ...

Anti-D, produced with Harrison’s antibodies, prevents women with rhesus-negative blood from developing RhD antibodies during pregnancy. The discovery of Harrison’s antibodies was an absolute ...

Mr Croft is one of just 170 people in Australia with the ability to produce the anti-D antibody. It means the plasma in his blood is turned into an antidote that is given to pregnant women who ...