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Rh negative

Lacking the rhesus factor on the red blood cells.
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Rh negative

Lacking the Rh factor, genetically determined antigens in red blood cells that produce immune responses. If an Rh negative woman is pregnant with an Rh positive fetus, her body will produce antibodies against the fetus's blood, causing a disease known as Rh disease. Sensitization to the disease occurs when the women's blood is exposed to the fetus's blood. Rh immune globulin (RhoGAM) is a vaccine that must be given to a woman after an abortion, miscarriage, or prenatal tests in order to prevent sensitization to Rh disease.
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Thus, according to the standard, women of childbearing age can be classified as Rh negative without further testing for the weak D or Du.
* Rh positive blood groups were more compared to Rh negative blood groups, which is proved in this original study and significant based on the statistical data also.
of cases Percentage 1 Preeclampsia 6 9.35 2 Gestational diabetes mellitus 8 12.5 3 Anaemia 12 18.75 4 Rh negative pregnancy 4 6.25 Total 30 TABLE-5: TYPE OF DELIVERY S.No.
Key words: Availability, ABO blood group, blood banks, transfusion, Rh negative, blood donation.
90% were Rh positive and 10% were Rh negative. Blood group O showed a trend towards obesity and blood group AB showed a trend towards lean body.
In total, 759 (92.2%) patients were Rh positive and 64 (7.8%) patients were Rh negative (Table 2).
People who have Rhesus factor are Rh positive and who does not are Rh negative. Rhesus factor matter while planning diets as the blood type RH negative has more IgE allergies than RH positive.
Besides, they highlighted that Rh negative mothers have more male's birth than Rh positive mothers14.
Results: Out of total 17994 donors, 90.83% (16344) were Rh positive and 9.16% (1650) were Rh negative. Blood group "B" was found to be most prevalent, with the frequency of 6127 (34.05%), followed by "O" 5980 (33.2%), and "A" 4210 (23.39%) respectively.
They also need to ensure supplies of the rarer blood groups A Rh Negative, B Rh Negative and AB Rh Negative as these are also vulnerable to shortfall.
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