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Define erythroblastosis foetalis.

Answer» Erythroblastosis fetalis\xa0is hemolytic anemia in the fetus (or neonate, as\xa0erythroblastosis\xa0neonatorum) caused by transplacental transmission of maternal antibodies to fetal red blood cells. The disorder usually results from incompatibility between maternal and fetal blood groups, often Rho(D) antigens. Erythroblastosis\xa0fetalis an anaemic blood disease of a fetus or newborn child, characterized by erythroblasts in the circulating blood: caused by a blood incompatibility between mother and fetus.


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