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- From: wolfe@wolves.Durham.NC.US (G. Wolfe Woodbury)
- Newsgroups: sci.med
- Subject: Re: O+ Father + O- Mother = ? Childs Health.
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.204010.27903@wolves.Durham.NC.US>
- Date: 17 Nov 92 20:40:10 GMT
- References: <1992Nov16.135232.60899@cc.usu.edu>
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- In article <1992Nov16.135232.60899@cc.usu.edu> slzh9@cc.usu.edu writes:
- >I have a question. Not being a student of biology or medicine, I am wondering
- >what the significance of blood types is when determining the health of children
- >if the father is O+ and the mother is O-. What are the potential health
- >problems of offspring and what can be done to ensure healthy children. Mostly,
- >is this any thing that I should worry about.
- >
- >Any information will be greatly appriciated and will help me resolve my
- >concerns.
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- THe best that can be said is that there is a >50% chance that the child
- will be O+ which *may* produce problems for the child in utero if the
- mother gets sensitized to the childs blood antigens.
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