the evolution of human blood groups, without doubt, has a history as old as man himself. there are at least three hypotheses about the emergence and mutation of human blood groups. global distribution pattern of blood groups depends on various environmental factors, such as disease, climate, altitude, humidity etc. in this survey, the collection of main blood groups abo and rh, along with some ...

background: determining of gene frequencies of a, band 0 genes from abo blood group system and d and d genes from rhesus system are objectives of the present study. methods: the study was a cross sectional descriptive study. all the voluntary blood donors, 7361 people, attending to the hamadan, iran, blood bank during 1996 were studied. primary information from the sex of blood donors and their...

The aim of this study was to investigate relationship between the ABO blood groups,Rh factor with prevalence of dental caries.data on blood group and dental caries prevalence were collected from 457 soldiers of 05 military base in Kerman.the mean (SD) age of soldiers was 19(1) years.the overall mean and SD of decayed,missing and filled teeth (DMF index) was 4.3(3.2) the mean value for DMF index...

abstract objective the history of the studies on blood groups dates back to early 20th century. more than 600 antigenic structures were detected among 29 blood groups. however, abo and rh antigenic structures were taken into consideration in transfusion medicine. frequency of the blood groups in a community helps the individuals in need and blood bank employees, which could be related to some d...

the aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of hepatitis b, hepatitis c, hiv and syphilis infections in blood donors referred to tehran blood transfusion center (tbtc), and determine any association between blood groups and blood- borne infections between the years of 2005 and 2011.this was a retrospective study conducted at tbtc. all of the donor serum samples were screened for hbv...

Objective Endometriosis is a common gynecological disease, affects women’s quality of life. Several studies revealed that both environmental and genetic factors contribute to the development of endometriosis. The aim of this study was to investigate the distribution of ABO and Rh blood groups in Iranian women with endometriosis referring to two referral infertility centers in Tehran, Iran. Mate...

Background: Vitiligo is a common disease. Its etiology is not known, but 30% of patients have a positive family history. Studies have been done on the influence of ABO and Rh blood groups on susceptibility to some diseases. Objective: The purpose of this case-control study was to evaluate the association of ABO and Rh blood groups with vitiligo. Patients and Methods: This study was performed on...