OBJECTIVES: The objective of this study was to establish a reliable test for prenatal prediction of fetal RhD type using maternal plasma from RhD negative women. This test is needed for future prenatal Rh prophylaxis. METHODS: A novel real-time PCR-based assay targeting RHD exon 7 combined with a published assay for RHD exon 10 were used to determine the fetal RHD status in DNA extracted from plasma, sampled from 56 pregnant RhD negative women in 15th-36th week of gestation. Thirty-eight samples were from ongoing pregnancies of Danish women and 21 samples from 18 pregnant women were stored anonymized samples from the International Blood Group Reference Laboratory, Bristol, United Kingdom. Prediction of fetal RhD type was compared with the serological result obtained after birth. RESULTS: The prediction of the fetal RhD type was in 100% concordance with the serological RhD type from the 16th week of gestation. One sample from the 15th week of gestation was inconclusive. The number of copies of fetal RHD DNA was found to increase with gestational age. Low levels of DNA were found to follow the Poisson distribution (p = 1.0000). CONCLUSION: Our set-up was very reliable for determination of fetal RhD genotype, and thus will be of value in prenatal Rh prophylaxis and in the management of immunized women. Copyright 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
OBJECTIVES: The objective of this study was to establish a reliable test for prenatal prediction of fetal RhD type using maternal plasma from RhD negative women. This test is needed for future prenatal Rh prophylaxis. METHODS: A novel real-time PCR-based assay targeting RHD exon 7 combined with a published assay for RHD exon 10 were used to determine the fetal RHD status in DNA extracted from plasma, sampled from 56 pregnant RhD negative women in 15th-36th week of gestation. Thirty-eight samples were from ongoing pregnancies of Danish women and 21 samples from 18 pregnant women were stored anonymized samples from the International Blood Group Reference Laboratory, Bristol, United Kingdom. Prediction of fetal RhD type was compared with the serological result obtained after birth. RESULTS: The prediction of the fetal RhD type was in 100% concordance with the serological RhD type from the 16th week of gestation. One sample from the 15th week of gestation was inconclusive. The number of copies of fetal RHD DNA was found to increase with gestational age. Low levels of DNA were found to follow the Poisson distribution (p = 1.0000). CONCLUSION: Our set-up was very reliable for determination of fetal RhD genotype, and thus will be of value in prenatal Rh prophylaxis and in the management of immunized women. Copyright 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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