PEDIATRICS Vol. 20 No. 1 July 1957, pp. 3-6
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NEONATAL ANEMIA DUE TO FETAL HEMORRHAGE INTO THE MATERNAL CIRCULATION

H. H. Gunson M.B., Ch.B.1

1 Departments of Pathology, The Hospital for Sick Children and the University of Toronto; and The Research Institute of The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada

A case of anemia caused by loss of fetal blood into the maternal circulation is reported. The diagnosis was established by detection of fetal erythrocytes in the maternal circulation by differential agglutination. Ashby counts on the mother's blood, showed that the fetal cells persisted in the maternal circulation for approximately 80 days, following which the mother developed Rh antibodies. Fetal hemorrhage from the placenta probably not infrequently causes anemia in the newborn period. In many cases, however, conclusive proof of such a diagnosis is not made.

Submitted on August 29, 1956
Accepted on November 26, 1956