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nancy, but the danger rises in subsequent pregnancies with the result that a child may die in the womb or be born severely anemic and jaundiced due to "erythroblastosis fetalis," the medical t^rm for Rh disease
An injection of the new vaccine. given to an Rh negative mother within 72 hours after the birth of each Rh positive baby, prevents an adverse reaction in the mother’s blood which can endanger future offspring
Foi those women who have already been sensitized by previous births, the Rh vaccine is ineffective But new techniques of giving blood transfusions to unborn babies can save many Rh babies who might otherwise be stillborn. And exchange transfusions immediately after birth protect 95 per cent of the babies born alive with Rh disease
Effective as these corrective measures are. The National Foundatn m-March of Dime's considers prevention of birth defects through universal use
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