Multiple choice

Erythroblastosis foetalis is a/an

  1. autoimmune disease

  2. mineral defeciency disease

  3. embryonic development stage

  4. alloimmune disease
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Explanation

 Alloimmune condition refers to a condition when the body gains immunity from another individual of the same species. In erythroblastocis foetalis, some  maternal antibodies pass through placenta and attack red blood cells of the foetus causing anaemia and other life threatening symptoms in the newborn.

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