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WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THEIR PLACENTAL TRANSMISSION

CARL H. SMITH, M.D.

Am J Dis Child. 1928;36(1):54-69.

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It was demonstrated by von Decastello and Sturli,¹ Happ² and others that at birth the blood group of the infant is rarely established. Normally, the agglutinogens appear before the iso-agglutinins and by the end of the first year the blood grouping is usually complete.

The presence of iso-agglutinins in the blood from the umbilical cord raises the question as to their origin, whether they are a product of the biologic activity of the fetus or whether they have been transmitted from the mother by way of the placenta. If the iso-agglutinins find their source in the maternal circulation, observations as to their fate in the blood of the new-born would prove of interest. This consideration involves not alone the problem of placental permeability but the relationship of iso-agglutinins of the cord blood to the later development of blood groups by the infant.

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Author Affiliations
NEW YORK

From the Department of Pediatrics, Cornell University Medical College and the New York Nursery and Child's Hospital.

Footnotes
Received for publication, Jan. 30, 1928.

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