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Distribution of ABO blood groups in childhood acute leukemia

  • Samin Alavi
  • , Haleh Ashraf
  • , Armin Rashidi
  • , Negin Hosseini
  • , Mehdi Abouzari
  • , Mehdi Naderifar

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Abstract

The distribution of ABO blood groups was determined in a multicenter study of 682 pediatric patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and 224 patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) up to 12 years old. The overall distribution of blood groups was significantly different in both ALL and AML groups from the control group (p < .001). In the ALL group there were 56.5% (95% CI: 45.8-67.1) more patients with O blood group, 35.8% (95% CI: 27.0-44.5) fewer patients with A blood group, and 26.9% (95% CI: 12.7-39.2) fewer patients with B blood group. In the AML group, there were 28.8% (95% CI: 10.8-46.9) more patients with A blood group. The results indicate that alteration in ABO antigens might be associated with an increased risk of ALL.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)611-617
Number of pages7
JournalPediatric hematology and oncology
Volume23
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 1 2006

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This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

  • ABO blood groups
  • ALL
  • AML
  • Childhood

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