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Zur Verbreitung der ABO-Blutgruppen in der Bevölkerung Nordthailands

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2048 subjects in North Thailand were examined for AB0 blood groups. A control group representative of the population of the provinces of Chiengmai and Lampun was formed of 382 examinees and 3403 blood donors.

The distribution of AB0 groups in this population is similar to that of Central Thailand. Some ethnic groups show significant deviations: The Miao tribe, originating in South China, has a much higher frequency of B. There was a significant reduction in gene A and B in the younger generation of this tribe. The Thai Yong, people who migrated to North Thailand from Yunnan in the 19th century, show an AB0 distribution similar to Chinese in Yunnan. They differ significantly from the Northern Thai. There is also a difference in the distribution of β-thalassaemia and hemoglobin E between these two groups.

Male leprosy patients showed an excess of group A which was not present in female patients. The percentage of severely ill patients was much higher in the males. Differentiation into lepromatous and tuberculid forms is not available. Among 108 people who had suffered from smallpox approximately 20 years ago there was an excess of groups 0 an B in comparison to the control group.

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  1. Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Chiengmai University, Chiengmai, Thailand

    Ch. Saengudom

  2. Universitäts-Kinderklinik Bonn, Bonn, Deutschland

    G. Flatz

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Saengudom, C., Flatz, G. Zur Verbreitung der ABO-Blutgruppen in der Bevölkerung Nordthailands. Hum Genet 3, 319–327 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00292282

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