Patients who are Rh negative, if transfused with Rh-positive blood, can become immunized for anti-D immunoglobulin (Ig).1 These patients are at risk of severe transfusion reactions, and if they become ...

Q: Why can’t someone get a blood transfusion from anyone who donates? A: Red blood cells (RBCs) have lipids (fatty acids or their derivatives), sugars and proteins on/in their cell membranes. The many ...

An illness characterized by jaundice, aplastic anemia and striking histiocytic reaction in the bone marrow developed in an eight-week-old infant who survived three intrauterine transfusions for Rh ...

Ever wondered why some people's blood groups are positive and others negative? It’s all got to do with the Rh factor on your blood cells. Rh factor, or the Rhesus factor, is an antigen. You may or may ...