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Posted On : 02 Jun 2019

Baby with blood group AB, mother blood group A. Can this cause jaundice to baby due to ABO incompatibility?

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shaik saifuddin

0

Leas likely. Even if it does it will not be in phototherapy range

5 years ago

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Miguel Carreon

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Solo si la madre se encuentra inmunizada por contacto previo con antígeno B.

5 years ago

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VENKATA SUBRAMANIAN

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Very rare..

5 years ago

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MuhammadT Rauf

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yes it can be but severity remains in question

5 years ago

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kyourk diemirjyan

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yes its probable

5 years ago

Answer 1

In this setup, the mother has `natural` Anti-B antibodies, but these antibodies are usually of IgM type which does not cross the placenta and hence in clinical practice, this set up does not cause any hemolysis and jaundice in the newborn period. If iso-immunisation due to blood group mismatch is strongly suspected in this setting, most probably it will be due to Minor blood group incompatibility Eg: `c` Antigen, etc.

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