The aim of this study was to investigate the association of ABO blood group system with breast cancer in a primary hospital in Penang. Moreover the study was conducted to assess the utility of ABO blood group as a preclinical marker. The study sample consisted of 70 and 140 cancer and controlled subjects respectively. Factors such as blood group, age, ethnic group were examined in 70 female sub...

We evaluated the distribution of ABO and Rhesus (Rh) D blood groups in the population of Poonch district in Azad Jammu and Kashmir. The blood group phenotypes were detected by the classic slide method. The ABO blood group system in the total sample showed the same trend of prevalence as for the general Indian subcontinent (B > or = O > A > AB). The same trend was found among males, but among fe...

ENWEndNote BIBJabRef, Mendeley RISPapers, Reference Manager, RefWorks, Zotero AMA Cendal IM, Królak-Olejnik B. Blood group relevance for the newborn – ABO system and neonatal diseases. Pediatria Polska - Polish Journal of Paediatrics. 2023. doi:10.5114/polp.2023.125423. APA Cendal, I. M., & Królak-Olejnik, (2023). https://doi.org/10.5114/polp.2023.125423 Chicago Izabela M, Barbara Królak-Olejni...

ABO blood groups and secretor status are important in clinical and forensic medicine and in relation to some diseases. There are geographic and racial differences in their frequencies, but the frequency of secretor status in different ABO blood group systems has not been determined yet. Therefore, the aim of this study was mainly to determine this point. Blood and saliva from 762 randomly selec...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS ABO encodes a glycosyltranferase which determines the major human histo-blood group. The FUT2 fucosyltransferase allows expression of ABO antigens on the gastrointestinal mucosa and in bodily secretions (secretor phenotype). A nonsense allele in FUT2 represents a susceptibility variant for Crohn's disease, and both the secretor and ABO blood group status affect the compositi...

UNLABELLED Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) constitute a family of genetically heterogeneous lymphoid neoplasms derived from B- and T-lymphoid progenitors. ALL affects both children and adults. Diagnosis is based on morphologic, immunophenotypic, and genetic features that allow differentiation from normal progenitors and other hematopoietic and nonhematopoietic neoplasms. The aim of this stud...

An individuals blood group today, is as important as the national identity card. The obvious reason being blood transfusion in cases of emergency. Blood group data of a population is also important from a laboratory viewpoint, since it guides blood banks on number and types of blood to be stored for transfusion services. ABO group data is well established in Pakistan, however A sub-group data i...