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Comment
. 2020 Dec;60(12):3067-3070.
doi: 10.1111/trf.16130. Epub 2020 Oct 19.

Association of ABO blood group and secretor phenotype with severe COVID-19

Luca Valenti  1   2 , Stefania Villa  2 , Guido Baselli  2 , Roberta Temporiti  2 , Alessandra Bandera  3 , Luigia Scudeller  4 , Daniele Prati  2
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Association of ABO blood group and secretor phenotype with severe COVID-19

Luca Valenti et al. Transfusion. 2020 Dec.
No abstract available

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The authors declare no potential conflict of interest.

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FIGURE 1
FIGURE 1
Association between FUT2 rs601338 G>A variant (encoding for the nonsecretor phenotype) and in‐hospital mortality (% values) among 409 patients with severe COVID‐19 with respiratory failure, for whom complete data and follow‐up were available. P = .007 for the impact of the A variant on mortality in group non‐O patients; P = NS in group O patients
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Comment on

  • COVID-19 and ABO blood groups.
    Dzik S, Eliason K, Morris EB, Kaufman RM, North CM. Dzik S, et al. Transfusion. 2020 Aug;60(8):1883-1884. doi: 10.1111/trf.15946. Epub 2020 Aug 1. Transfusion. 2020. PMID: 32562280 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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