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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Gopalam Kollamparambil, Tanoj
• Rameshchandra Jani, Bhavdeep
• Aldouri, Maadh
• Soe, Aung
• Ducker, David Anthony

Titel

Anti-Cw alloimmunization presenting as hydrops fetalis

Ist Teil von

• Acta Paediatrica, 2005-04, Vol.94 (4), p.499-501

Ort / Verlag

Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Erscheinungsjahr

2005

Link zum Volltext

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Cw is a low frequency red cell antigen that belongs to the Rh blood groups system. While not uncommon, anti‐Cw is rarely associated with clinically significant haemolytic disease of the newborn (HDN). When it does occur, it is offen subclinical or of mild to moderate clinical severity. In the majority of pregnancies it is considered to be a naturally occurring antibody and has not been reported to cause hydrops fetalis or stillbirth. We report a case of anti‐Cw alloimmunization, which was associated with significant anaemia and hydrops fetalis, presenting at 35 wk gestation.