All issues > Volume 31(8); 1988

Original Article

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1988;31(8):1059-1063. Published online August 31, 1988.

A Case of Hemolytic Disease of Newborn due to Anti-E.

Sang Keun Oh¹, Youn O Park¹, hyun Sook Seo¹, Mi Sook Park¹, Young Chul Lee¹, Hee Dae Park¹, Hee Joo Lee²

¹Department of Pediatrics, Incheon Christian Hospital, Incheon, Korea
²Department of clinical pathology, Incheon Christian Hospital, Incheon, Korea

Received: January 11, 1988;  Accepted: January 11, 1988.

Abstract

A 2-day-old male infant was admitted to the Incheon Christian Hospital due to severe jaundice. He was a third baby and his Rh phenotype was CcDEe. The direct antiglobulin test of the infant was strong positive. Eluates that were made from the infanfs elder brother and sister were both CDe. Her two previous infants showed no evidence of erythroblastosis. She had a past history of three times of abortions and transfusion after delivery of first baby. From the mother’s serum indirect antiglobulin test was strong positive, and identified as high titer (1:2,048) of anti-E. He was treated with two times of exchange tansfusion with E negative blood.

Keywords :Neonatal isoimmune Hemolytic Anemia, Minor blood group incompatibility, Neonatal hyperbilirubinemia