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The Duffy Blood System and Alcoholic Liver Disease in Baltimore Black Patients
Author(s) -
Miller Joseph M.,
Miller John M.,
Iber Frank L.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
alcoholism: clinical and experimental research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.267
H-Index - 153
eISSN - 1530-0277
pISSN - 0145-6008
DOI - 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1984.tb05701.x
Subject(s) - alcoholic liver disease , medicine , chronic alcoholic , disease , liver disease , chronic alcoholism , antigen , gastroenterology , chronic liver disease , immunology , cirrhosis
Determination of the Duffy antigen status was made in a group of Baltimore patients with alcoholic liver disease. A parallel group of patients with chronic alcoholism but who did not show evidence of liver impairment was studied in a similar manner. An association between the presence of a positive Duffy antigen and alcoholic liver disease could not be demonstrated.