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This study aimed to investigate the association between maternal anti-D antibody titers, disease severity, and perinatal outcomes in pregnancies complicated by severe RhD alloimmunization requiring IUT. Methods: This retrospective cohort study included 38 RhD-alloimmunized pregnancies complicated by severe fetal anemia and managed with IUT at a tertiary referral center between January 2017 and December 2022. Maternal characteristics, anti-D antibody titers, presence of hydrops fetalis, IUT characteristics, delivery data, neonatal outcomes, and mortality were evaluated. Maternal anti-D antibody titers were analyzed in relation to disease severity and perinatal outcomes. Results: Hydrops fetalis was present in 24 fetuses (63.2%). The mean maternal age was 30.3 \u00b1 4.8 years, and the mean gestational age at diagnosis was 23.5 \u00b1 5.8 weeks. Maternal anti-D antibody titers were significantly higher in pregnancies complicated by hydrops fetalis than in non-hydropic pregnancies (p = 0.014). No significant associations were observed between maternal anti-D antibody titers and intrauterine fetal demise, neonatal mortality, neonatal intensive care unit admission, Apgar scores, or the number of IUT procedures. Conclusions: Among pregnancies with severe RhD alloimmunization requiring intrauterine transfusion, higher maternal anti-D antibody titers were associated with hydrops fetalis, suggesting an association with disease severity. However, no statistically significant associations were observed between maternal anti-D antibody titers and other evaluated perinatal outcomes in this high-risk cohort. These findings indicate that, once severe fetal anemia requiring IUT has developed, maternal anti-D antibody titers should be interpreted alongside fetal Doppler surveillance and comprehensive clinical assessment rather than as independent predictors of perinatal prognosis.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jcm15176825","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,3]],"date-time":"2026-09-03T10:10:33Z","timestamp":1788430233000},"page":"6825","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Clinical Significance of Maternal Anti-D Antibody Titers in Severe RhD Alloimmunization Requiring Intrauterine Transfusion: A Tertiary Referral Center Experience"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"15","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6590-9982","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Serdar","family":"Aykut","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Perinatology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mardin Training and Research Hospital, Mardin 47100, T\u00fcrkiye"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"},{"role":"conceptualization","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"methodology","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"data-curation","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"writing-original-draft","vocabulary":"credit"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7348-6457","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"\u0130smail C\u00fcneyt","family":"Evr\u00fcke","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Perinatology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cukurova University Faculty of Medicine, Adana 01330, T\u00fcrkiye"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"},{"role":"writing-review-editing","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"methodology","vocabulary":"credit"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8331-9559","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"S\u00fcleyman Cansun","family":"Demir","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Perinatology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cukurova University Faculty of Medicine, Adana 01330, T\u00fcrkiye"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"},{"role":"supervision","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"writing-review-editing","vocabulary":"credit"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7088-6749","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Emre","family":"Yal\u00e7\u0131n","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Perinatology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cukurova University Faculty of Medicine, Adana 01330, T\u00fcrkiye"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"},{"role":"investigation","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"data-curation","vocabulary":"credit"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5254-3088","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Asl\u0131han","family":"Kurt","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Perinatology, University of Health Sciences, Gaziantep City Hospital, Gaziantep 27060, T\u00fcrkiye"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"},{"role":"investigation","vocabulary":"credit"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2985-0212","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ahmet Zeki","family":"Nessar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Perinatology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Osmaniye State Hospital, Osmaniye 80000, T\u00fcrkiye"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"},{"role":"investigation","vocabulary":"credit"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,3]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"J\u00fanior, M.D.C., Sosa, S.E.Y., Fernandes, M., Carmo, L.D., de Oliveira, R.W., and Kanevsky, G. 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