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Shirazi F, Shakoei S, Nasimi M, Saffarian Z, Abedini R. The Relationship Between ABO and Rh Blood Groups with Alopecia Areata. Dermatol Pract Concept 2023; 13:dpc.1301a60. [PMID: 36892374 PMCID: PMC9946075 DOI: 10.5826/dpc.1301a60] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/28/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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INTRODUCTION Alopecia areata (AA) is a common non-scaring hair loss disease. Genetic susceptibility and environmental factors can develop the disease. OBJECTIVES We investigated the association between AA and ABO and Rh blood groups. METHODS This cross-sectional study was done on 200 patients with AA and 200 healthy controls (HCs) between March 2021 and September 2021. RESULTS The prevalence of blood groups O, A, B, and AB in patients with AA was 30%, 30.5%, 10.5%, and 29%, respectively. A significant difference was detected between the two groups in the frequency of the ABO and ABO*Rh blood groups (p-value < 0.05). Compared to the HCs, the prevalence of the AB and AB+ blood group was higher in AA patients. No significant relationship was detected between sex, BMI, duration of disease, age at onset, severity of alopecia tool (SALT) score, hair loss pattern, and nail involvement with ABO and Rh blood groups (p-value > 0.05). CONCLUSION In conclusion, the highest difference was related to the AB+ blood group, so compared to HCs, the AB+ blood group frequency was higher in patients with AA. However, more studies with larger sample sizes on different ethnicities should be performed to verify the results of this study.
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Affiliation(s)
- Farzaneh Shirazi
- School of medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS), Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Dermatology, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS), Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Dermatology, Razi Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS), Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Dermatology, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS), Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Dermatology, Razi Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS), Tehran, Iran
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AbdelMassih AF, Mahrous R, Taha A, Saud A, Osman A, Kamel B, Yacoub E, Menshawey E, Ismail HA, Aita L, Dous M, Saad M, AbdelAziz M, Zaghar M, Shebl N, El-Husseiny N, Fahmy N, Hegazy N, Khalid O, Saad O, Afdal P, Menshawey R, Husseiny R, Sherien S, Salama S, Gad S, Ali S, Maalim S, Ismail S, ElHefnawi Y, Aziz Y, Fouda R. The potential use of ABO blood group system for risk stratification of COVID-19. Med Hypotheses 2020; 145:110343. [PMID: 33086161 PMCID: PMC7546667 DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2020.110343] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2020] [Revised: 09/22/2020] [Accepted: 10/06/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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ABO blood groups is a cheap and affordable test that can be immediately retrieved from COVID-19 patients at the diagnosis. There is increasing evidence that non-O blood groups have both higher susceptibility and higher severity of COVID-19 infections. The reason behind such relationship seems elusive. Regarding susceptibility, Non-O individuals have Anti-A antibodies which can prevent viral entry across ACE-2 receptors, moreover, Non-O individuals are at higher risk of autoimmunity, hypercoagulable state, and dysbiosis resulting in an augmented tendency for vascular inflammatory sequelae of COVID-19. We can conclude, on the diagnostic level, that ABO blood groups can be potentially used for risk stratification of affected COVID-19 patients, to anticipate the deterioration of patients at higher risk for complications. On a therapeutic level, plasma from normal O blood group individuals might potentially replace the use of convalescent serum for the treatment of COVID-19.
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- Antoine Fakhry AbdelMassih
- Pediatric Cardiology Unit, Pediatrics' Department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt; Pediatric Cardio-Oncology Department, Cancer Children Hospital of Egypt, Egypt.
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- Anesthesia Department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt
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- Student and Internship Research Program (Research Accessibility Team), Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt
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- Student and Internship Research Program (Research Accessibility Team), Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt
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- Student and Internship Research Program (Research Accessibility Team), Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt
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- Student and Internship Research Program (Research Accessibility Team), Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt
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- Student and Internship Research Program (Research Accessibility Team), Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt
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- Student and Internship Research Program (Research Accessibility Team), Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt
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- Student and Internship Research Program (Research Accessibility Team), Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt
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- Student and Internship Research Program (Research Accessibility Team), Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt
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- Student and Internship Research Program (Research Accessibility Team), Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt
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- Student and Internship Research Program (Research Accessibility Team), Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt
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- Student and Internship Research Program (Research Accessibility Team), Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt
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- Student and Internship Research Program (Research Accessibility Team), Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt
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- Student and Internship Research Program (Research Accessibility Team), Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt
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- Faculty of Dentistry, Cairo University, Egypt; Pixagon Graphic Design Agency, Cairo, Egypt
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- Student and Internship Research Program (Research Accessibility Team), Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt
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- Student and Internship Research Program (Research Accessibility Team), Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt
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- Student and Internship Research Program (Research Accessibility Team), Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt
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- Student and Internship Research Program (Research Accessibility Team), Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt
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- Student and Internship Research Program (Research Accessibility Team), Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt
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- Student and Internship Research Program (Research Accessibility Team), Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt
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- Student and Internship Research Program (Research Accessibility Team), Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt
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- Student and Internship Research Program (Research Accessibility Team), Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt
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- Student and Internship Research Program (Research Accessibility Team), Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt
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- Ziauddin University , Faculty of Medicine, Pakistan
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- Student and Internship Research Program (Research Accessibility Team), Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt
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- Student and Internship Research Program (Research Accessibility Team), Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt; Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
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- Student and Internship Research Program (Research Accessibility Team), Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt
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- Student and Internship Research Program (Research Accessibility Team), Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt
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- University of Irvine California, USA; Clinical and Chemical Pathology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt
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