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Noninvasive fetal blood grouping: present and future.
Clinics in laboratory medicine - 1 Jun 2010
Daniels Geoff, Finning Kirstin, Martin Pete
Abstract excerpt
Identification of the molecular basis of the D polymorphism of the Rh blood group system in the 1990s made it possible to predict D phenotype from DNA. The most valuable application of this has been the determination of fetal D type in pregnant D-negative women with anti-D. Knowledge of fetal D type reveals whether the fetus is at risk of hemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn so that the pregnancy can be...
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