ABO Blood Groups and Gastric Ulcer

Abo Blood Groups and Gastric Ulcer.

The finding of Aird, Bentall, Mehigan, and Roberts (1954) that there was a strong association between blood group 0 and gastric ulcer has been followed by a diversity of results. Many authors, reviewed by Beasley (I960), support the findings, but others found no significant differences between controls and patients with gastric ulcer. The present series adds further support for the association ...

ABO blood groups in gastric bleeding.

EDITORIAL SYNOPSIS This paper confirms previous studies showing the increased risk of bleeding associated with blood group 0. There is an indication that this may also be true for acute perforation and indeed the relationship may be with the severity of the ulcer disease. In a previous paper (Horwich and Evans, 1966) a relationship was shown between the loss of gastric mucosal cells in 160 volu...

Abo Blood Groups in Relation to Duodenal Ulcer

Since Aird, Bentall, Mehigan, and Roberts (1954) convincingly demonstrated a high incidence of blood group 0 in duodenal ulcer subjects there have been a number of confirmatory studies carried out in different ethnic groups and populations (McConnell, 1966). Studies have also been undertaken to see if there is an especially strong association between blood group 0 and some particular category o...

ABO blood groups and vitiligo.

ABO blood groups and leprosy.