[Determination of the ABH blood group system in the placenta]

Blood group substances A, B, H were detect in placental tissue paraffin cuts (after 10% formaline fixation) by immunohistochemistry using indirect immunoperoxidase-two-layers technology or biotin-streptavidin complex signed by alkaline phosphates. Both fetal and maternal part of placenta are to be investigated which enables their group markers to be identified. Immunohistochemical detection of the A, B, H blood group substances in placenta can give conclusion about the blood group of fetus and of fetus and of mother as well.