Destruction of red blood cells of the fetus or neonate usually resulting from Rh incompatibility.
A blood disease affecting newborn babies, caused by a reaction between the rhesus factor of the mother and the fetus.
A serious disorder that affects a fetus in cases of Rh in-compatability between the baby and its mother.
severe anemia in newborn babies, resulting from an incompatibility between fetal and maternal blood, specifically involving the Rh factor. It typically occurs in the Rh-positive infant (the Rh factor being inherited from the father) of an Rh-negative mother, the mother transmitting to the fetal bloodstream antibodies against the Rh antigen that cause destruction of the fetal blood. The disorder rarely occurs in a first-born (unless the mother has already been sensitized to Rh antigen by a transfusion with Rh-positive blood), but the risk increases with each succeeding pregnancy. The condition can be diagnosed before birth through amniocentesis and treated by intrauterine transfusion. In some cases the development of Rh antibodies by the mother may be prevented by administration of anti-RH gamma globulin (RhoGAM) following birth or abortion of an Rh-positive fetus.
Hemolytic disorder of a newborn characterized by jaundice, anemia, generalized edema, and enlargement of the spleen and liver.
A severe but rare hemolytic anemia affecting newborn infants due to destruction of the infant’s red blood cells by factors present in the mother’s serum. It is usually caused by incompatibility of the rhesus blood groups between mother and infant.
A hemolytic disease of the newborn marked by anemia, jaundice, enlargement of the liver and spleen, and generalized edema (hydrops fetalis).
Neonatal erythroblastosis, a disorder prevalent among newborn infants, is characterized by an elevated presence of immature red blood cells, commonly known as erythroblasts.