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Case Report

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1972;15(9):819-824. Published online September 30, 1972.

Kernicterus with Neurological Signs due to ABO Incompatibility 一A Case Report and a Literature Review一

So Won Ahn¹, Young Ja Choi¹, Eung Sil Chang¹, Man Ha Huh²

¹Department of Pediatrics , Wallace Memorial Baptist Hospital Pusan, Korea
²Department of Pathology, Wallace Memorial Baptist Hospital Pusan, Korea

Abstract

It has been known that the prognosis for ABO incompatibility is not as grave as Rh incompatibility and damage to the neurological system due to kernicterus is rather rare in ABO incompatibility. This is report of a case (father A, Rh positive & mother O, Rh positive) of ABO incompatibility showing two children manifesting severe neurological signs due to kernicterus and a case of one child who with adequate treatment manifested no clinical sequel of kernicterus. A general review regarding pathogenesis, clinical manifestation, laboratory findings and treatment of ABO incompatibility is done with specific consideration to this case.

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