Chemicals and Drugs

P Blood-Group System

A blood group related to the ABO, Lewis and I systems. At least five different erythrocyte antigens are possible, some very rare, others almost universal. Multiple alleles are involved in this blood group.

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Structured Summary

Abstract

A blood group related to the ABO, Lewis and I systems. At least five different erythrocyte antigens are possible, some very rare, others almost universal. Multiple alleles are involved in this blood group.

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Synonyms

6 entry terms
  • Blood-Group System, P
  • Blood-Group Systems, P
  • P Blood Group System
  • P Blood-Group Systems
  • System, P Blood-Group
  • Systems, P Blood-Group

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Aspects Covered

21 allowable subheadings

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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Indexing Annotation

IM; coord with disease /blood (IM), not /immunol nor /genet; TN 230

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History Note

91(76); was see under BLOOD GROUPS 1976-90

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Previous Indexing

  • Blood Groups (1966-1975)

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Tree Numbers

  1. D23.050w.301.290.691w
  2. D23.050w.705.230.691w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. P Blood-Group System. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D010127. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D010127
  2. P Blood-Group System. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P1PK_blood_group_system
  3. P Blood-Group System. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7121281