The nurse is preparing teaching on maternal-fetal ABO incompatibility for antepartum clients. Which statement should the nurse include in the teaching information?
A) In most cases, ABO incompatibility is limited to type A mothers with a type B or O fetus.
B) In most cases, ABO incompatibility is limited to type O mothers with a type A or B fetus.
C) ABO incompatibility occurs as a result of the fetal serum antibodies present and interaction between the antigen sites on the maternal red blood cells (RBCs) .
D) Group A infants, because they have no antigenic sites on the red blood cells (RBCs) , are never affected regardless of the mother's blood type.
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