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when an rh-negative mother gives birth to an rh-positive infant, the mother usually produces antibodies that will attack any subsequent pregnancies in which the fetus is rh positive. when subsequent babies are rh positive, erythroblastosis fetalis occurs. what is another name for erythroblastosis fetalis?

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Alloimmune HDFN (Hemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn) is another name for erythroblastosis fetalis.

What is erythroblastosis fetalis?  

Hemolytic anaemia in the fetus known as erythroblastosis fetalis  is brought on by the transplacental transfer of maternal antibodies to fetal red blood cells.

This condition is typically brought on by mismatch between the maternal and fetal blood groups, frequently Rho (D) antigens.

Immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibodies from the mother damage neonatal red blood cells, which is the source of the condition. Isoimmunization refers to the production of maternal antibodies in response to a fetal antigens.

Therefore, Alloimmune HDFN (Hemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn) is another name for erythroblastosis fetalis.

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