Meaning and Clinical Interest of Minor Malformations and Normal Variants in Neonatology.

Congenital malformations can be found in all organ systems of a newborn. Almost two-thirds of congenital malformations have an unknown cause. There are minor (mM) and major (MM) congenital malformations.

20 Years of Follow-up Alloimmunization and Hemolytic Disease in Newborn: Has Anything Changed in the Field Over the Years?

Objective: of the study is to research the epidemiological aspects of maternal alloimmunization against erythrocyte antigens of fetuses (AB0, Rhesus, Lewis, Kell, Duffy and others) and to identify the most common types of hemolytic disease of the newborn (HDN) in the West Herzegovina region.

Study Design: The 20-year retrospective epidemiological study includes all pregnant women who had been immunologically tested and newborn treated for HDN.

Results: The indirect antiglobulin (IAT) detected antibodies against antigens in 545 (1.