RT Journal
A1 MacKLIN M, LAMONT JA, MacKLIN CC
T1 ERythroblastosis foetalis
JF American Journal of Diseases of Children
JO American Journal of Diseases of Children
YR 1939
FD February 1
VO 57
IS 2
SP 349
OP 359
DO 10.1001/archpedi.1939.01990020107011
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpedi.1939.01990020107011
AB For a quarter of a century it has been recognized that a condition of abnormal hemopoiesis exists in newborn infants who exhibit general edema or hydrops foetalis. More recently the same blood picture has been described in fatal jaundice of the newborn and in congenital anemia. Excellent reviews of the literature on erythroblastosis foetalis have been published by Diamond, Blackfan and Baty,1 by Hueper and Mullen,2 by Capon3 and by others; hence an attempt will not be made to present an exhaustive discussion of the subject.The main facts are as follows: There are three conditions which appear quite unlike clinically but which exhibit the same blood picture of excessive hemolysis and of abnormal hemopoiesis. These conditions are hydrops foetalis, fatal icterus of the newborn and congenital anemia. Infants with any of these diseases show some or all of the following symptoms: enlargement of the heart, liver