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The process by which fetal Rh+ erythrocytes enter the circulation of an Rh- mother, causing her to produce IMMUNOGLOBULIN G antibodies, which can cross the placenta and destroy the erythrocytes of Rh+ fetuses. Rh isoimmunization can also be caused by BLOOD TRANSFUSION with mismatched blood.
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- Isoimmunization, Rhesus
- Isoimmunization, Rh
- Isoimmunizations, Rh
- Isoimmunizations, Rhesus
- Rh Isoimmunizations
- Rhesus Isoimmunization
- Rhesus Isoimmunizations
- Rh Sensitization
- Rh Sensitizations
- Sensitization, Rh
- Sensitizations, Rh
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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1985; for RH SENSITIZATION use RH-HR BLOOD GROUP SYSTEM 1980-2009
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- RH-HR Blood-Group System (1966-1984)
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- National Library of Medicine. Rh Isoimmunization. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D012203. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D012203
- Rh Isoimmunization. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rh_disease
- Rh Isoimmunization. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1712331