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Rh Immunoprophylaxis for Women With a Serologic Weak D Phenotype.
Laboratory medicine - 1 Jan 2015
Virk Mrigender, Sandler S Gerald
Abstract excerpt
It is standard practice for pregnant RhD-negative women who have not already formed anti-D to receive antepartum Rh immunoprophylaxis and, if they deliver an RhD-positive neonate, to receive postpartum Rh immunoprophylaxis. An estimated 0.6% to 1.0% of white women have red blood cells that express a serologic weak D phenotype. Of these women, approximately 80% will have a weak D type 1, 2, or 3 that could be...
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