Blood-type synonyms

If a radically different blood type is introduced into the bloodstream, the immune system produces antibodies, proteins that specifically attack and destroy any cell carrying the foreign antigen.

Determining a woman's blood type is very important when she becomes pregnant.

Erythroblastosis fetalis can be predicted before birth by determining the mother's blood type.

In many cases of blood type incompatibility, the symptoms of erythroblastosis fetalis are prevented with careful monitoring and blood type screening.

At your first prenatal visit, your Rh factor will be tested alongside your blood type and several other pregnancy blood tests.