Evidence for an association between AB0 blood group and goitre
- 1 January 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Human Genetics
- Vol. 32 (3) , 335-337
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00295825
Abstract
A medical and genetic study on KarKar Island, Papua New Guinea revealed a significant association between AB0 blood group status and susceptibility to goitre with 0 individuals more susceptible than non-0. The association is found in a number of separate villages on the island which indicates that it is not due simply to chance concordance in geographical patterns of genetic and disease variation.Keywords
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