title: ABO, Rh and Kell frequency distribution in a sample population of Terni province, Italy.
abstract: We have typed ABO, Rh and Kell blood group systems in 1,267 voluntary blood donors native to the three districts into which Terni province is subdivided. By using the method of principal components, the Terni population was compared with those of other provinces of central Italy to disclose that (1) the Terni sample clustered with the Tyrrhenian rather than the Adriatic populations, and (2) there seems to be a positive relation with both the distribution of the languages spoken during the prehistoric period and the location of pre-Roman civilizations.
authors.affiliation: Servizio Immunotrasfusionale e di Ematologia, Azienda Ospedaliera S. Maria, Terni, Italia.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cassetti
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Palazzesi
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Minestrini
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cammerieri
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Carlini
mesh_terms: D000017:ABO Blood-Group System / Q000097:blood*; D001782:Blood Donors; D005787:Gene Frequency; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D007626:Kell Blood-Group System / Q000097:blood*; D010641:Phenotype; D012204:Rh-Hr Blood-Group System / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D000017:ABO Blood-Group System; D007626:Kell Blood-Group System; D012204:Rh-Hr Blood-Group System