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Rh incompatibility - series: Part 2

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If some of the fetus' blood passes into the mother's blood stream, her body will produce antibodies in response.

Update Date: 8/18/2006

Updated by: Benjamin W. Van Voorhees, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.

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