hemolytic disease of the fetus

A microcytic anemia that is characterized by Rho(D) incompatibility, which may develop when a woman with Rh-negative blood is impregnated by an individual with Rh-positive blood and conceives a fetus with Rh-positive blood, sometimes resulting in hemolysis.

Also known as: EF - Erythroblastosis foetalis; Haemolytic disease due to rhesus isoimmunisation; Hemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn; alloimmune HDFN; erythroblastosis fetalis