PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Stern, C M
TI  - Intrapartum sensitisation of human infants to the Rhesus-D antigen.
AID  - 10.1136/adc.54.4.315
DP  - 1979 Apr 01
TA  - Archives of Disease in Childhood
PG  - 315--317
VI  - 54
IP  - 4
4099  - http://adc.bmj.com/content/54/4/315.short
4100  - http://adc.bmj.com/content/54/4/315.full
SO  - Arch Dis Child1979 Apr 01; 54
AB  - A study is reported of the numbers of nonimmunoglobulin-bearing lymphocytes specifically binding to Rhesus-D positive erythrocytes in the blood of Rhesus-dd infants born to either Rhesus-dd or Rhesus-Dd mothers, at birth and at 6 months of age. There was a significant increase in the number of such antigen-binding cells by age 6 months in babies born to Rhesus-Dd mothers. It is concluded that the Rhesus-negative offspring of Rhesus-positive mothers may be sensitised against the Rhesus-D antigen at birth and that protection of such female infants by the injection of antiRhesus-D antibody should be considered.