One of the following is FAISE in hemolytic disease of the newborn caused by blood group A and B incompatibility
belongs to book: MCQs in Pediatrics Review of Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics|Zuhair M Almusawi, Hasanein Ghali|20th edition| Chapter number:12| Question number:12.52
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(D). Although antibodies against A and B factors occur without previous immunization ("natural" antibodies), they are usually lgM antibodies that do not cross the placenta. However, lgG antibodies to A antigen may be present and these do cross the placenta, so A-O isoimmune hemolytic disease may be found in first-born infants.
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