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Abstract
The major human blood type system which depends on the presence or absence of two antigens A and B. Type O occurs when neither A nor B is present and AB when both are present. A and B are genetic factors that determine the presence of enzymes for the synthesis of certain glycoproteins mainly in the red cell membrane.
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- ABH Blood Group
- ABO Blood Group
- H Blood Group
- H Blood Group System
- ABO Blood Group System
- Blood Group, ABH
- Blood Group, ABO
- Blood Group, H
- Blood-Group System, ABO
- System, ABO Blood-Group
- ABO Factors
- Blood Group H Type 1 Antigen
- Factors, ABO
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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, analysis, biosynthesis, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemistry, classification, economics, genetics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacology, physiology, poisoning, therapeutic use, toxicity, ultrastructure, urine.
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IM; coord with disease /blood (IM), not /immunol nor /genet; TN 230
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76; was ABO FACTORS 1963-75
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WH 420
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References
- National Library of Medicine. ABO Blood-Group System. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000017. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000017
- ABO Blood-Group System. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABO_blood_group_system
- ABO Blood-Group System. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q188010