Catalog
Rh isoimmunization of fetus or newborn
Link to WHO Definition
Rh isoimmunization of fetus or newborn – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1598237246
A condition characterised by the transmission of antibodies from a mother to the child via the placenta against the Rhesus factor of blood. Such antibodies were developed in a Rhesus factor negative mother subsequent to exposure to Rhesus factor positive blood resulting in the break-down of the red blood cells of the fetus.