Posted September 12, 20195 yr comment_78325 I have an B Pos prenatal patient who has a positive antibody screen by Capture Solid Phase. Testing shows reactions with rr cells only in both by Capture Solid Phase and IAT with PeG. I'm thinking it is likely to be anti f? Am I on the right track or is there something else I should consider?
September 13, 20195 yr comment_78330 12 hours ago, jalomahe said: Malcolm Either DcE/DcE or DcE/dcE Thanks. That, at least, makes it even more likely. I would suggest that, at some point, she has either been transfused with blood expressing the RHCE*ce haplotype, or has been pregnant before with a foetus expressing this haplotype. The good news is that, if it proves to actually be anti-f, it has only ever been implicated in cases of mild, almost sub-clinical, HDFN.
September 13, 20195 yr Author comment_78331 Thanks Malcolm. I don't know why but f has always confused me way more than it should and now that manufacturer's have taken it off the panel antigrams it becomes an enigma that I have to try to explain to techs with less experience than I .....
September 17, 20195 yr comment_78346 Malcolm is awesome - I found my first anti-f a few years ago and he made cogent comments similar to yours. He is a great resource.
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