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ABO blood group differences in bone mineral density of recovering alcoholic males.
Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research - 1 Dec 1990
Davidson B J, MacMurray J P, Prakash V
Abstract excerpt
Since ABO blood group differences are associated with varying responses to many diseases, ABO blood type and bone density were studied in 39 recovering male alcoholics, comparing those with blood type O and non-O. The type O subjects had significantly higher bone densities as measured by quantitative computed tomography of the vertebrae than the non-O subjects (175.4 +/- 8.5 and 140.7 +/- 7.6, respectively, p =...
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