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Blood Groups Affective Disorders
Author(s) -
Takazawa Noboru,
Kimura Taketo,
Nanko Shinichiro
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
psychiatry and clinical neurosciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.609
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1440-1819
pISSN - 1323-1316
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1819.1988.tb01162.x
Subject(s) - abo blood group system , depression (economics) , medicine , bipolar disorder , psychology , psychiatry , clinical psychology , lithium (medication) , economics , macroeconomics
Distributions of seven blood groups (ABO, MNSs, P, Rh, Duffy, Kidd and Xg) were studied in a total of 118 Japanese patients with affective disorders. The patients were diagnosed according to the DSM‐III (1) Major Depression (= Unipolar Disorder, UP) (2) Bipolar Disorder (BP) (3) Other Affective Disorders. The following results were found (1) a high frequency of the B blood group in all patients with affective disorders compared with controls; (2) a high frequency of the Fy(a + b +) a low frequency of the Fy(a + b −) in all patients with affective disorders, UP BP compared with controls; (3) a low frequency of the Jk(a + b +) a high frequency of the Jk(a + b −) in BP compared with controls with UP.