ABO blood groups and cirrhosis of the liver.

ABO blood groups and cirrhosis of the liver.

Subjects and Methods The complete medical records of 347 patients with cirrhosis attending Professor Sheila Sherlock at the Royal Free Hospital, London, were examined. The diagnosis of cirrhosis was confirmed in each case by liver biopsy and/or necropsy. Of the 347 patients, 2i had been born outside the British Isles, leaving 326 patients for analysis. The distribution of blood groups to serve ...

Liver transplantation across ABO blood groups.

Six hundred seventy-one first, second, and third orthotopic liver allografts in 520 patients were reviewed to determine the effect of donor-recipient mismatches or incompatibilities for the ABO blood groups on graft survival. A significant advantage for ABO donor-recipient identity was found, especially in adults and for first grafts. However, a surprisingly large number of ABO incompatible gra...

ABO blood groups and vitiligo.

ABO blood groups and leprosy.

Leprosy and ABO blood groups.

Cases were selected from the Skin Out-patients Department and Leprosy Clinic of S.S. Hospital, Banaras Hindu University and the Leprosy Clinic at Chowka Ghat, Varanasi. Patients belonging to any other province or country were excluded. Blood was grouped by the slide method described by Stratton and Renton (1958). The control material consisted of data on 2583 recipients of blood at the hospital...