Massive foeto-maternal transfusion: how long are foetal blood cells detectable in the maternal circulation?

Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Santo Eugenio Hospital, ASL Roma 2, Italy.
• ² Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Santo Stefano Hospital, AUSL Toscana Centro, Prato, Italy.
• ³ Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Misericordia Hospital, AUSL Toscana Sud Est, Prato, Italy.
• ⁴ Department of Woman and Child Health, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS and Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.
• ⁵ Blood Transfusion Service, Meyer Children's Hospital, Florence, Italy.
• ⁶ Department of Anatomical, Histological, Forensic and Orthopaedic Sciences, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Rome, Italy.