"ABO Blood-Group System" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, 
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				The major human blood type system which depends on the presence or absence of two antigens A and B. Type O occurs when neither A nor B is present and AB when both are present. A and B are genetic factors that determine the presence of enzymes for the synthesis of certain glycoproteins mainly in the red cell membrane.
    
			
			
				
				
					
						| Descriptor ID | 
										
							D000017
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							 D23.050.301.290.031 D23.050.705.230.031 
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							ABO Blood-Group System- ABO Blood-Group System
 - ABO Blood Group System
 - ABO Blood-Group Systems
 - Blood-Group System, ABO
 - Blood-Group Systems, ABO
 - System, ABO Blood-Group
 - Systems, ABO Blood-Group
 - H Blood Group System
 - H Blood Group
 - Blood Group, H
 - Blood Groups, H
 - H Blood Groups
 - ABH Blood Group
 - ABH Blood Groups
 - Blood Group, ABH
 - Blood Groups, ABH
 
  ABO Factors- ABO Factors
 - ABO Factor
 - Factor, ABO
 - Factors, ABO
 
  
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An absolute risk model to identify individuals at elevated risk for pancreatic cancer in the general population. PLoS One. 2013; 8(9):e72311.
															
								 
							
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Genome-wide association study identifies variants in the ABO locus associated with susceptibility to pancreatic cancer. Nat Genet. 2009 Sep; 41(9):986-90.