ABO and Rh blood group genotypes in a cohort of Saudi stem cell donors

M Alzahrani; D Jawdat; A Alaskar; N Cereb; A H Hajeer

doi:10.1111/iji.12354

ABO and Rh blood group genotypes in a cohort of Saudi stem cell donors

Int J Immunogenet. 2018 Apr;45(2):63-64. doi: 10.1111/iji.12354. Epub 2018 Feb 13.

Authors

M Alzahrani^{1

2

3}, D Jawdat^{2

3}, A Alaskar^{1

2

3}, N Cereb⁴, A H Hajeer^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Oncology, King Abdulaziz Medical City, MNGHA, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
² King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, MNGHA, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
³ College of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
⁴ Histogenetics, Ossining, NY, USA.

PMID: 29441679
DOI: 10.1111/iji.12354

Abstract

The ABO and rhesus (Rh) blood group antigens are the most frequently studied genetic markers in a large group of people. Blood type frequencies vary in different racial/ethnic groups. Our objective was to investigate the distribution of the ABO and rhesus (Rh) blood groups by molecular typing method in a population of Saudi stem cell donors. Our data indicate that the most common blood group in our population is group O followed by group A then group B, and finally, the least common is group AB.

MeSH terms

ABO Blood-Group System / genetics*
Blood Donors*
Blood Grouping and Crossmatching / methods
Cohort Studies
Gene Frequency
Genotype
Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation / methods
Hematopoietic Stem Cells / metabolism*
Humans
Rh-Hr Blood-Group System / genetics*
Saudi Arabia

Substances

ABO Blood-Group System
Rh-Hr Blood-Group System