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128    SECTION THREE  ERYTHROCYTES

                             HEMOLYTIC DISEASE OF THE FETUS AND NEWBORN



























            A                                          B
            FIGURE 13–9A  Hemolytic disease of the fetus   FIGURE 13–9B  Hemolytic disease of the fetus and
            and newborn (PB 3500).                     newborn (PB 31000).


                 Peripheral Blood:  Polychromasia, increased number of nucleated erythrocytes, macrocytic/
                    normochromic, spherocytes—more common in ABO incompatibility
                 Associated with:  Fetal-maternal Rh and/or ABO incompatibility
                 NOTE:  Normal newborns have some nucleated erythrocytes (see Chapter 23).
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