juxtaposition (plural juxtapositions) 1  The nearness of objects with little or no delimiter. 2  The extra emphasis given to a comparison when the contrasted objects are close together.
Hemolytic disease of the newborn (HDN), also known as alloimmune HDN or erythroblastosis fetalis, is a potentially fatal alloimmune condition where fetal red blood cells are destroyed by transplacentally acquired maternal antibodies. RhD is the most common offending paternal antigen.
Despite the development and implementation of anti-D immune globulin prophylaxis, hemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn due to maternal Rh(D) alloimmunization continues to occur worldwide.