Selected References
Screening for D (Rh) Sensitization in Pregnancy
Adapted by Marie-Dominique Beaulieu, MD, MSc, FCFP, Department of Family
Medicine, University of Montreal, from a report prepared for the US Preventive
Services Task Force by Carolyn DiGuiseppi, MD, MPH
These recommendations were finalized by the Task Force in June 1993
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