Antenatal prophylaxis of Rh isoimmunization: 28-weeks'-gestation service program

JM Bowman, JM Pollock - Canadian Medical Association Journal, 1978 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract Two (0.18%) of 1086 Rh-negative primigravidas or multigravidas treated similarly in
all previous pregnancies, who were given a single injection of Rh immune globulin (300 μg) …

Rh isoimmunization during pregnancy: antenatal prophylaxis.

JM Bowman, B Chown, M Lewis… - Canadian Medical …, 1978 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Of 3533 Rh-negative women who began a pregnancy without detectable Rh antibodies, 62
(1.8%) demonstrated evidence of Rh isoimmunization during pregnancy or within 3 days …

Rh immunoprophylaxis: is antepartum therapy desirable?

J Nusbacher, JR Bove - New England Journal of Medicine, 1980 - Mass Medical Soc
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists recently considered a
recommendation that all pregnant Rh-negative women be given Rh immune globulin at 28 …

Rh isoimmunization, Manitoba, 1963-75.

JM Bowman, B Chown, M Lewis… - Canadian Medical …, 1977 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The number of Rh-isoimmunized pregnancies in Manitoba has been reduced from 223 and
228 in the years ending Oct. 31, 1963 and 1964 to 60 and 62 in the years ending Oct. 31 …

Suppression of Rh isoimmunization: a review

JM BOWMAN - Obstetrics & Gynecology, 1978 - journals.lww.com
Suppression of the severity of Rh immunization, once it has developed, is difficult if not
impossible. Although plasmapheresis may reduce the Rh antibody level somewhat, it is very …

Prevention of Rh Isoimmunization: Progress report of the clinical trial in mothers

VJ Freda, JG Gorman, W Pollack, JG Robertson… - Jama, 1967 - jamanetwork.com
Many workers have shown conclusively that passive antibody is capable of specific
immunosuppression of the active immunity that follows injection of an antigen. 1-18 It is also …

Reversal of Rh alloimmunization

JM Bowman, JM Pollock - Vox sanguinis, 1984 - karger.com
Abstract The Rh Laboratory could find no evidence that Rh immune globulin (RhIG) reduced
the incidence of progression of Rh immunization in a clinical study of 36 weakly Rh …

Prevention of Rh immunization due to large volumes of Rh-positive blood

JC Woodrow, CC Bowley, BE Gilliver… - … & Gynecological Survey, 1968 - journals.lww.com
It has recently been shown that it is possible to prevent Rh-negative individuals from being
immunized by Rh-positive blood. This was first established under experimental conditions in …

Rh-immunization by pregnancy: results of a survey and their relevance to prophylactic therapy

JC Woodrow, WTA Donohoe - Br Med J, 1968 - bmj.com
A series of Rh-negative primiparae has been studied in order to gain further insight into the
process of immunization by pregnancy. The distribution of foetal cell counts in blood …

No. 133-prevention of Rh alloimmunization

KFK Fung, E Eason - Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada, 2018 - Elsevier
Objective To provide guidelines on use of anti-D prophylaxis to optimize prevention of
rhesus (Rh) alloimmunization in Canadian women. Outcomes Decreased incidence of Rh …