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- Title
Fifty years of RhD immunoglobulin (anti-D) therapy in Australia: celebrating a public health success story.
- Authors
Thyer, James; Wong, Janet; Thomson, Amanda; Bell, Barbara; Hyland, Catherine; Challis, Daniel
- Abstract
The article offers information on the 50 years of the Rhesus (Rh) D immunoglobulin (Ig) or anti-D program in Australia, which prevents the negative effects of the incompatibility between an RhD-positive baby and an RhD-negative mother, which can result in haemolytic disease of the fetus and infant.
- Subjects
AUSTRALIA; BLOOD disease treatment; PREVENTION of pregnancy complications; TREATMENT of pregnancy complications; BLOOD diseases; HISTORY; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOLOGICAL adjuvants; PREGNANCY complications; RH factor; RHO(D) immune globulin; RH isoimmunization; THERAPEUTICS
- Publication
Medical Journal of Australia, 2018, Vol 209, Issue 8, p336
- ISSN
0025-729X
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.5694/mja17.01144