"ABO Blood-Group System" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, 
	MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, 
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				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.
    
			
			
				
				
					
						| Descriptor ID | 
										
							D000017
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						| MeSH Number(s) | 
						
							 D23.050.301.290.031 D23.050.705.230.031 
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						| Concept/Terms | 
						
							ABO Blood-Group System- ABO Blood-Group System
 - ABO Blood Group System
 - ABO Blood-Group Systems
 - Blood-Group System, ABO
 - Blood-Group Systems, ABO
 - System, ABO Blood-Group
 - Systems, ABO Blood-Group
 - H Blood Group System
 - H Blood Group
 - Blood Group, H
 - Blood Groups, H
 - H Blood Groups
 - ABH Blood Group
 - ABH Blood Groups
 - Blood Group, ABH
 - Blood Groups, ABH
 
  ABO Factors- ABO Factors
 - ABO Factor
 - Factor, ABO
 - Factors, ABO
 
  
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| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 
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| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 
| 2021 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 
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				Below are the most recent publications written about "ABO Blood-Group System" by people in Profiles.
						
					
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ABO Incompatible Grafts Are Associated With Excellent Outcomes in Pediatric Liver Transplant Recipients: An Important Resource to Reduce Waitlist Mortality. Pediatr Transplant. 2025 May; 29(3):e70047.
															
								 
							
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Country-level factors dynamics and ABO/Rh blood groups contribution to COVID-19 mortality. Sci Rep. 2021 12 31; 11(1):24527.
															
								 
							
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A cross-population atlas of genetic associations for 220 human phenotypes. Nat Genet. 2021 10; 53(10):1415-1424.
															
								 
							
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Outcomes From Three Decades of Infant and Pediatric Heart Transplantation. ASAIO J. 2021 09 01; 67(9):1051-1059.
															
								 
							
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FUT2-ABO epistasis increases the risk of early childhood asthma and Streptococcus pneumoniae respiratory illnesses. Nat Commun. 2020 12 16; 11(1):6398.
															
								 
							
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Effective desensitization for a strong donor-specific HLA antibody in a case of HLA-mismatched allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation. HLA. 2019 09; 94(3):307-311.
															
								 
							
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Genome-wide association study identifies gastric cancer susceptibility loci at 12q24.11-12 and 20q11.21. Cancer Sci. 2018 Dec; 109(12):4015-4024.
															
								 
							
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Prenatal ABO/RHD Genotyping: A New Paradigm to Allow for Fresh Whole Blood for Cardiopulmonary Bypass in the Immediate Newborn Period. Fetal Diagn Ther. 2018; 44(2):156-159.
															
								 
							
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Antibody-mediated rejection in ABO compatible husband to wife living donor liver transplant and review of the literature. Hum Immunol. 2014 Jun; 75(6):578-83.
															
								 
							
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Transfusion medicine illustrated: Mosaic Trisomy 9 in an infant with mixed-field ABO blood grouping. Transfusion. 2013 Sep; 53(9):1884.