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Is there a link bw rh- blood types and autoimmune? had rh+ baby, needed rhogam, can this cause antibodies in my blood and developing autoimmune sympt?
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No: Every day, you make antibodies against foreign proteins. Rhogam and rh exposure won't trigger you to make antibodies against your own proteins. If this were the case, the nih research piranhas would have noticed long ago.
Answered 7/1/2014
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