Term Name: hemolytic disease of the fetus
Synonyms: alloimmune HDFN, EF - Erythroblastosis foetalis, erythroblastosis fetalis, fetal erythroblastosis, Haemolytic disease due to rhesus isoimmunisation, Hemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn, rhesus isoimmunisation of the newborn
Definition: A microcytic anemia that is characterized by Rho(D) incompatibility, which may develop when a woman with Rh-negative blood is impregnated by an individual with Rh-positive blood and conceives a fetus with Rh-positive blood, sometimes resulting in hemolysis.
Ontology: Human Disease [DOID:1098]   ( DOID:1098 )

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is a type of: microcytic anemia