title: Is ABO blood grouping a gene marker for vitiligo?
abstract: Vitiligo is an idiopathic acquired hypopigmentary dermatosis on an otherwise normal skin. The search for the aetiopathogenesis of vitiligo has been for a long time. Despite various hypothesis and theories postulated the aetiology remains unknown. This paper examines the possible relationship between vitiligo and ABO blood groups as a gene marker. Sixty patients with vitiligo and their ABO blood grouping done. There was no statistically significant difference between their ABO blood groups and that of healthy blood donors in a teaching hospital for five years with an average of 6,000 donors per year. There is no direct relationship between their vitiligo and ABO blood groupings.
authors.forename: O A
authors.initials: OA
authors.lastname: Olasode
mesh_terms: D000017:ABO Blood-Group System / Q000235:genetics*; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000032:analysis; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012016:Reference Values; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014820:Vitiligo / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D000017:ABO Blood-Group System; D015415:Biomarkers