AUTOIMMUNE HEMOLYTIC-ANEMIA DURING PREGNANCY

We describe a 31-year-old woman, who presented during her first pregna ncy, with severe haemolytic anaemia due to autoimmune antibodies again st erythrocytes. IgG warm-antibodies, as well as IgM antibodies were f ound in her serum. This idiopathic form of auto-immune haemolysis was successfully treated with glucocorticoids. During her second pregnancy auto-immune haemolysis again developed and was treated similarly. Two healthy children were born. The uneventful outcome we saw with our pa tient is in keeping with other reports in the literature.