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Characterization of the human ABO genotypes and their association to common inflammatory and cardiovascular diseases in the UK Biobank.
American journal of hematology - 1 Nov 2021
Höglund Julia, Karlsson Torgny, Johansson Therese, Ek Weronica E, Johansson Åsa
Abstract excerpt
The ABO gene contains three major alleles that encodes different antigens; A, B, and O, which determine an individual's blood group. Previous studies have primarily focused on identifying associations between ABO blood groups and diseases risk. Here, we sought to test for association between ABO genotypes (OO, OA, AA; OB, BB, and AB) and a large set of common inflammatory and cardiovascular diseases in UK Biobank...
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