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ABO Blood Groups, G6PD Deficiency and Abnormal Haemoglobins in Syphilis Patients of Three Ethnic Groups

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

N. Saha  and
B. Banerjee
N. Saha*
Affiliation:
Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Singapore
B. Banerjee
Affiliation:
Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Singapore
*
Dept. of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Singapore, Singapore 3, Malaysia

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A total of 1, 041 syphilis patients of both sexes and different ethnic origin (Chinese, Malay, and Indian) were investigated for the distribution of ABO blood groups and haemoglobin genotypes. There was no significant difference in the incidence of ABO blood groups and abnormal haemoglobins between disease and control series in any of the racial groups.

From the above series, 819 male patients were investigated for the incidence of G6PD deficiency. There was no significant difference in the incidence of this genetic marker in disease and normal series.

Type
Research Article
Information
Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae: twin research , Volume 20 , Issue 3 , July 1971 , pp. 260 - 263
Copyright
Copyright © The International Society for Twin Studies 1971

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