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Diagnosis, Prevention, and Therapy in Hemolytic Disease of the Newborn

  • H.F. Polesky
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    Corresponding author: Minneapolis War Memorial Blood Bank, 2304 Park Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55404
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    Professor, Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota; Director, Minneapolis War Memorial Blood Bank, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S0272-2712(18)31056-4
Diagnosis, Prevention, and Therapy in Hemolytic Disease of the Newborn
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      Protocols for prenatal testing to detect Rh immunized women and to identify candidates for Rh immune globulin, and for laboratory testing at or following delivery are presented. Therapeutic approaches in the immunized patient are evaluated.
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