Learn more about how antibody titers affect HDFN, how they are tested and what can happen if antibody titer levels are too ...

HYDROPS fetalis associated with hemoglobin Barts is believed to represent the homozygous state of α thalassemia. Ten cases occurring in Chinese families in Indonesia, Malaya and Hong Kong, 1 in a ...

The final, formatted version of the article will be published soon. Introduction & Importance -Secondary endolymphatic hydrops (SEH) is a pathologic condition of the inner ear that usually manifests ...

Objectives With improved access to intrauterine transfusion (IUT), more fetuses with haemoglobin Bart’s hydrops fetalis (HBHF; homozygous α 0-thalassaemia) will survive. Design To evaluate the ...

Passive anti-D immune globulin administered to prevent anti-D antibody formation in RhD-negative women who carry and are exposed to RhD-positive fetal RBCs; once called Rh "sensitization," this is ...

Vaccines and aborted fetal tissue are linked in some cases. That's because certain vaccines, such as a type of rabies vaccine, are made by cultivating the virus in fetal cells. The Janssen COVID-19 ...

Lawmakers need to stop ignoring the unintended consequences of their laws, the chilling effects that are stopping doctors ...

Without treatment fetal or perinatal deaths occur in 40% of those infected. The remaining 60% survive with two-thirds being asymptomatic at birth. Routine prenatal screening easily identifies these.

(A) Amnion edema of meconium staining in placental membranes, 41 weeks, cesarean section for fetal distress, ×20; (B) Focal edema of the umbilical cord, 31 weeks, EXIT to airway, polyhydramnios, giant ...