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P1 blood group phenotype, secretor status in patients with urinary tract infections.
Clinical nephrology - 1 Dec 1995
Lichodziejewska-Niemierko M, Topley N, Smith C, Verrier-Jones K, Williams J D
Abstract excerpt
We have examined the distribution of P antigen, Lewis blood group phenotypes and secretor status of 65 patients with E. coli UTI (20 asymptomatic bacteriuria, 20 cystitis and normal radiology, 25 reflux nephropathy) and 45 controls who have never experienced a UTI episode. The distribution of Lewis blood group antigens was similar in all UTI groups and in the controls. The incidence of non-secretors in the reflux...
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