PMID: 7528528Sep 1, 1994Paper

Predicting the severity of rhesus alloimmunization: monocyte-mediated chemiluminescence versus maternal anti-D antibody estimation

British Journal of Haematology
A G BugginsK H Nicolaides

Abstract

Anti-D haemolytic antibody concentration and chemiluminescence (CLT) opsonic index was measured in maternal blood obtained from 20 alloimmunized pregnancies at 17-28 weeks undergoing intrauterine fetal blood sampling for the estimation of fetal haemoglobin concentration. The fetal haemoglobin concentration was significantly associated with the maternal serum CLT opsonic index (r = -0.566, P < 0.01) but not with the maternal anti-D concentration (r = -0.329). The data of this study indicate that measurement of maternal serum CLT opsonic index may be more accurate than anti-D quantification in providing non-invasive prediction of the degree of fetal anaemia.

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