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Rhesus Isoimmunization: Late-onset Hemolytic Disease of the Newborn Without Jaundice

Rhesus (Rh) isoimmunization commonly presents with anemia and jaundice of varying intensity in the early postnatal period and is usually treated with phototherapy and exchange transfusion. Rarely, babies with mild or no symptoms at birth may present later with severe hemolytic anemia. This report de...

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Autores principales: Haider, Maryam, Memon, Snober, Tariq, Fizza, Fatima, Sara, Hameed, Ammara
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6996534/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32042531
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.6559
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author Haider, Maryam
Memon, Snober
Tariq, Fizza
Fatima, Sara
Hameed, Ammara
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description Rhesus (Rh) isoimmunization commonly presents with anemia and jaundice of varying intensity in the early postnatal period and is usually treated with phototherapy and exchange transfusion. Rarely, babies with mild or no symptoms at birth may present later with severe hemolytic anemia. This report describes a newborn infant with no postnatal jaundice who presented during the second week of life with severe anemia. These findings indicate the importance of regular follow-up and close monitoring of Rh-isoimmunized infants during the first two months of life for delayed onset anemia.
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spelling pubmed-69965342020-02-10 Rhesus Isoimmunization: Late-onset Hemolytic Disease of the Newborn Without Jaundice Haider, Maryam Memon, Snober Tariq, Fizza Fatima, Sara Hameed, Ammara Cureus Pediatrics Rhesus (Rh) isoimmunization commonly presents with anemia and jaundice of varying intensity in the early postnatal period and is usually treated with phototherapy and exchange transfusion. Rarely, babies with mild or no symptoms at birth may present later with severe hemolytic anemia. This report describes a newborn infant with no postnatal jaundice who presented during the second week of life with severe anemia. These findings indicate the importance of regular follow-up and close monitoring of Rh-isoimmunized infants during the first two months of life for delayed onset anemia. Cureus 2020-01-04 /pmc/articles/PMC6996534/ /pubmed/32042531 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.6559 Text en Copyright © 2020, Haider et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Haider, Maryam
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Rhesus Isoimmunization: Late-onset Hemolytic Disease of the Newborn Without Jaundice
title Rhesus Isoimmunization: Late-onset Hemolytic Disease of the Newborn Without Jaundice
title_full Rhesus Isoimmunization: Late-onset Hemolytic Disease of the Newborn Without Jaundice
title_fullStr Rhesus Isoimmunization: Late-onset Hemolytic Disease of the Newborn Without Jaundice
title_full_unstemmed Rhesus Isoimmunization: Late-onset Hemolytic Disease of the Newborn Without Jaundice
title_short Rhesus Isoimmunization: Late-onset Hemolytic Disease of the Newborn Without Jaundice
title_sort rhesus isoimmunization: late-onset hemolytic disease of the newborn without jaundice
topic Pediatrics
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6996534/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32042531
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.6559
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