"Duffy Blood-Group System" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A blood group consisting mainly of the antigens Fy(a) and Fy(b), determined by allelic genes, the frequency of which varies profoundly in different human groups; amorphic genes are common.
| Descriptor ID |
D004375
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D23.050.301.290.301 D23.050.705.230.301
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| Concept/Terms |
Duffy Blood-Group System- Duffy Blood-Group System
- Blood-Group System, Duffy
- Duffy Blood Group System
- System, Duffy Blood-Group
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Suggestive evidence of genetic linkage between alcoholism and the MNS blood group. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 1988 Dec; 12(6):811-4.