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Anti Rh Hemolytic Disease due to Anti C Antibody: Is Testing for Anti D Antibodies Enough?

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Rh blood group system is a complex blood group system. Rh antibodies are produced in Rh negative individuals following exposure to foreign RBCs after transfusion or pregnancy. Anti C is a rare cause of hemolytic disease of newborn and is very scarcely reported in the literature. The aim of the present case report of Hemolytic disease caused by Anti C antibody is to bring out the fact that antibodies other than anti D should be considered in cases that give a suggestive history but no evidence of Anti D.

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  1. Department of Pathology, Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences, Jolly Grant, Doiwala, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India

    Gita Negi & Gaur Dushyant Singh

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Negi, G., Singh, G.D. Anti Rh Hemolytic Disease due to Anti C Antibody: Is Testing for Anti D Antibodies Enough?. Indian J Hematol Blood Transfus 28, 121–122 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12288-011-0105-z

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