Evidence for an association between AB0 blood group and goitre

✍ Scribed by G. A. Harrison; A. J. Boyce; R. W. Hornabrook; S. Serjeantson; W. J. Craig

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1976
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 163 KB
• Volume: 32
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0340-6717
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00295825

✦ Synopsis

A medical and genetic study on KarKar Island, Papua New Guinea revealed a significant association between ABO blood group status and susceptibility to goitre with O individuals more susceptible than non-O. 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 variations.