Journal article
A cross‐sectional study of haemolytic disease of the newborn in Uganda
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Haemolytic disease of the newborn (HDN) is an immune haemolytic anaemia from maternal alloantibodies. Rh immunoglobulin (RhIg) prophylaxis can prevent alloimmunization to the D antigen. However, RhIg is not universally available in Uganda. ABO incompatibility also causes HDN. We determined the prevalence of HDN among newborn infants with jaundice in Uganda.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: We conducted a prospective …
Authors
Dhabangi A; Nankunda J; Okaba V; Nakubulwa S; Hume HA; Dzik WH; Heddle NM
Journal
Vox Sanguinis, Vol. 117, No. 12, pp. 1398–1404
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
December 2022
DOI
10.1111/vox.13376
ISSN
0042-9007