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A few years ago, relations between blood groups in the ABO-system and some diseases have been established by various authors (Lobstein, Manuila). In our last material of splenectomized cases of “hypersplenism”, we observed a significant correlation between this condition and blood group B (III). Indeed, in 18 cases splenectomized during the last 3 years, 7 patients (=39%) belonged to blood group B. In 10 of these cases there was no evidence of previous liver disease (viral hepatitis). In this group, the number of individuals belonging to group B was 5 (=50%). In the remaining 8 cases with “secondary” hypersplenism, the proportion was 2:8 (=25%).
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Gingold, N., Pamfil, A. (1970). “Hypersplenism” and Blood-Group. In: Lennert, K., Harms, D. (eds) Die Milz / The Spleen. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-92998-4_46
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