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What is abo incompatibility?
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Exposure to differen: Blood types. Typically refers to a baby having different blood type than mom. Therefore, there is prolonged breakdown of red blood cells, causing jaundice. This can occur in transfusions, where the wrong blood type is given. This is uncommon.
Answered 7/26/2012
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Mom is type o+ and dad is ab+: is this ABO incompatibility and is there a need for rogam coz she had a miscarriage for her first and 2nd preg..Wat would be the probable cause?
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Mother has type a+ blood, baby had type o+ blood... Blood mixed during birth. Can this result in ABO incompatibility? Baby didn't have any jaundice.
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Even if you treat blood incompatibility, are there any long-term effects?
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