This study was undertaken to determine whether Rh-positive mothers induce immunologic tolerance or primary sensitization in their Rh-negative daughters as the result of transplacental passage of the ...

One out of every eight marriages in the U.S. is a potentially dangerous mismatch, biochemically speaking. In these 200,000 or more marriages a year, the wife lacks the Rh factor present in most blood ...

Does your blood type – specifically, your Rh factor (positive or negative) – matter in your daily life? Not in the slightest. But when pregnant your Rh status can matter, especially if it's negative.

While genotype screening is usually anticipated and considered during courtship, RH compatibility remains a largely overlooked. This important medical factor has been instructively linked to ...

My blood type is A negative. I’ve heard this can cause pregnancy issues, so I Googled “Rh-negative blood” and ran across a bunch of weirdo sites with “theories” about the origin of negative blood ...

A special immune treatment may not be necessary until after the first trimester of pregnancy, according to a new Penn State and University of Pennsylvania study. The researchers said their results ...

For pregnant women with rare Rh-negative blood living on the Chinese mainland, Rho(D) immune globulin smuggled from Hong Kong remains their only hope for keeping their unborn babies safe from a ...

About 5 to 7 per cent of Indians have Rh-negative blood, far lower than the 15 per cent seen in Western populations. The blood type itself causes no health problem. For a woman planning a pregnancy, ...