| Acquisition of anti-Diego b antibodies possibly resulting from feto-maternal hemorrhage during pregnancy. | |
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PMID: 21790893 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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Anti-Diego b (Di(b) ) antibodies, rare antibodies against red blood cell antigens, can cause severe hemolysis. We report a patient who most likely acquired anti-Di(b) antibodies during pregnancy. The patient was a 39-year-old Japanese woman who delivered by cesarean section at 38 weeks of gestation. She required a second operation to treat re-bleeding of the surgical scar, but it was difficult to schedule this surgery because we could not obtain enough blood for transfusion due to the presence of anti-Di(b) antibodies. These antibodies were likely acquired during pregnancy; she did not have irregular antibodies at 11 weeks of gestation. We speculate that she became sensitized to fetal blood due to feto-maternal hemorrhage. The infant had no hemolytic conditions. Testing for the presence of irregular antibodies should be performed during late stages of pregnancy as well as early stages. |
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Yuriko Oishi; Noriyoshi Watanabe; Nobuaki Ozawa; Haruhiko Sago |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-7-25 |
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Title: The journal of obstetrics and gynaecology research Volume: - ISSN: 1341-8076 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 Jul |
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Created Date: 2011-7-27 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9612761 Medline TA: J Obstet Gynaecol Res Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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© 2011 The Authors. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research © 2011 Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology. |
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Department of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine, National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan. |
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