Rhesus is second in its clinical importance only to the ABO blood group. Since the introduction of postpartum anti-D prophylaxis in the late 1960s, and combined pre-and postpartum anti-D prophylaxis in the early 1990s, the incidence of haemolytic disease in newborns due to alloimmunization has been reduced by more than 90%. Up to 1% of all pregnant women have clinically significant anti-erythrocyte antibodies #genetics #aboBloodGroupSystem #RhFactor #ABOBloodType #BloodGroup #AlleleFrequency #GenotypeFrequency #ABOBloodTypes #ABOBloodGroups #RhBloodGroups #blood #antibodies #transfusion #incompatibility #rhesus #bloodGroupsAndBloodTypes #bloodGroupsExplained #bloodGroupsAndTransfusions #bloodGroupsVideo #aboBloodTypesExplained #aboBloodTyping #bloodTransfusionNursing #bloodTypeCompatibility #bloodTypesAndRhFactor
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