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A new fetal RHD genotyping test: costs and benefits of mass testing to target antenatal anti-D prophylaxis in England and Wales.
BMC pregnancy and childbirth - 18 Jan 2011
Szczepura Ala, Osipenko Leeza, Freeman Karoline
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BACKGROUND: Postnatal and antenatal anti-D prophylaxis have dramatically reduced maternal sensitisations and cases of rhesus disease in babies born to women with RhD negative blood group. Recent scientific advances mean that non-invasive prenatal diagnosis (NIPD), based on the presence of cell-fr...
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