title: ABO blood groups, rhesus factor and intestinal metaplasia of the stomach.
abstract: The presence or absence of intestinal metaplasia of the stomach was determined in 272 patients by direct vision biopsy of standardized intragastric sites using fiberoptic gastroscopy. Analysis of ABO blood groupings and Rhesus factor failed to reveal an association with metaplasia.
mesh_terms: D000017:ABO Blood-Group System / Q000032:analysis*; D001706:Biopsy; D001789:Blood Group Antigens; D005260:Female; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology; D005773:Gastroscopy; D006801:Humans; D007414:Intestinal Neoplasms / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D012204:Rh-Hr Blood-Group System; D013270:Stomach / Q000473:pathology; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000097:blood* / Q000473:pathology; D013276:Stomach Ulcer / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D000017:ABO Blood-Group System; D001789:Blood Group Antigens; D012204:Rh-Hr Blood-Group System