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Re: RH Q's

From: anonymous@obgyn.net
Tue, 31 Oct 2000 16:19:54 -0600 (CST)

At Tue, 31 Oct 2000, mary wrote: >
>Just found out some new info on my mysterious RH case . I found a lab
>slip in my files that indicated that at the time of my AFP, there also
>was screen done that came back neg. It was labeled Intrepretation (S8)
>Could that have been an antibody screen? Or was it the AFP results.
>
>Is there anyway the hematology report could show a sensitiation
>occurring, wouldnt your red blood cell be low? hematocrit be low?
>
>What do the different grades to a placenta mean?

The AFP itself is referred to as a screen, so I am not sure that that phrase refers to your antibody screen.

The mother's blood count and hematocrit are unaffected by sensitization. Remember, the antibodies are made to defend the mother's blood from this invader. The antibodies are made to seek out and destroy that OTHER blood, not the mother's.

The grades refer to the appearance of the placenta on U/S, ranging from young looking to aged looking. 

--
William D. McIntosh, MD, FACOG


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