Alloimmunization to red blood cell (RBC) antigens represents a challenge for physicians
caring for women of child bearing potential. Exposure to non-self RBC antigens may occur …

Background Transplacental or fetomaternal hemorrhage (FMH) may occur during pregnancy
or at delivery and lead to immunization to the D antigen if the mother is Rh-negative and the …

Birth defects are an urgent global health priority. They affect millions of births worldwide. But
their prevalence and impact are largely under-ascertained, particularly in middle-and low …

Background: Several interventions provided to newborns at birth or within 24 h after birth
have been proven critical in improving neonatal survival and other birth outcomes. We …

Newborn mortality and adverse birth outcomes (ABOs) in Sao Tome & Príncipe (STP) are
overwhelmingly high, and access to quality-antenatal care (ANC) is one of the strategies to …

Magnetic levitation is a technique for measuring the density and the magnetic properties of
objects suspended in a paramagnetic field. We describe a novel magnetic levitation-based …

Background: Rh incompatibility has been an important cause of severe neonatal
hyperbilirubinemia, hydrops fetalis, and stillbirth. Among those outcomes, neonatal jaundice …

Hemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn (HDFN) is the result of immune-mediated
destruction of fetal or newborn red blood cells when such cells contain antigens that are not …

Background This study aimed to assess fetomaternal hemorrhage (FMH) among RhD
negative pregnant mothers using two techniques, Kleihauer-Betke (KBT) and Flow cytometry …

Background Hemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn (HDFN) is caused by maternal
alloantibody‐mediated destruction of fetal/neonatal red blood cells (RBCs). While the …