ISOSENSITIZATION TO A NEW BLOOD FACTOR, Rh^D, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO ITS CLINICAL IMPORTANCE
Authors: M S SACKS, A S WIENER, E F JAHN, C L SPURLING, L J UNGER
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1959)

Article1 October 1959ISOSENSITIZATION TO A NEW BLOOD FACTOR, RhD, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO ITS CLINICAL IMPORTANCEMILTON S. SACKS, M.D., F.A.C.P., ALEXANDER S. WIENER, M.D., F.A.C.P., ELSA F. JAHN, B.S., CARROLL L. SPURLING, M.D., LESTER J. UNGER, M.D.MILTON S. SACKS, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, ALEXANDER S. WIENER, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, ELSA F. JAHN, B.S.Search for more papers by this author, CARROLL L. SPURLING, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, LESTER J. UNGER, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-51-4-740 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptImmediately following the announcement of the discovery of the Rh factor by Landsteiner and Wiener1two decades ago came the demonstration of the role of Rh sensitization in the causation of hemolytic transfusion reactions,2and in the pathogenesis of erythroblastosis fetalis.3As a result, routine Rh testing has become an essential part of the management of expectant mothers and of the selection of donors for blood transfusion. Study of serums from isosensitized patients has demonstrated that while the bulk of clinical problems are caused by sensitization to the originally described rhesus factor, now designatedRho†, many other blood factors belonging...Bibliography1. 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Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *Received for publication June 9, 1959.From the Baltimore Rh Typing Laboratory, the Department of Medicine (Division of Clinical Pathology), University of Maryland School of Medicine, the Serological Laboratory of the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner of New York City, and the Blood and Plasma Bank of the New York University-Bellevue Medical Center, New York, N. Y.†In this paper, in conformity with the recommendation of the Committee on Medicolegal Problems of the American Medical Association, symbols for agglutinogens and phenotypes are printed in regular type, symbols for blood factors and their corresponding antibodies in boldface type, while symbols for genes and genotypes are printed in italics.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Milton S. Sacks, M.D., University Hospital, Baltimore 1, Maryland. 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