When a woman and her unborn baby carry different Rhesus (Rh) protein factors, their condition is called Rh incompatibility. It occurs when a woman is Rh-negative and her baby is Rh-positive. The Rh ...

When you’re pregnant, you may learn that your baby isn’t your type — blood type, that is. Every person is born with a blood type — O, A, B, or AB. And they’re also born with a Rhesus (Rh) factor, ...

The rhesus factor, or Rh factor, is a protein that may be present on the surface of red blood cells (RBCs). If RBCs contain the Rh antigen, they are Rh-positive, and if not, they are Rh-negative. It ...

Welcoming a newborn is usually a time of pure joy for any family, but for some parents, unexpected health scares like severe anaemia can turn that happiness into anxiety. While most of us have heard ...

Incompatibility between donor and recipient for the Rhesus D (Rh D) red cell antigen occurs commonly in the setting of allogeneic hematopoietic SCT. Donor-derived immune reactions against host ...