Open AccessBombay blood group: Is prevalence decreasing with urbanization and the decreasing rate of consanguineous marriage
Author(s) -
Sujata Mallick,
Dhananjay Shrikant Kotasthane,
Puskar Shyam Chowdhury,
Sonali Sarkar
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
asian journal of transfusion science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.262
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1998-3565
pISSN - 0973-6247
DOI - 10.4103/0973-6247.162695
Subject(s) - consanguinity , medicine , population , demography , consanguineous marriage , urbanization , population study , veterinary medicine , pediatrics , environmental health , biology , ecology , sociology
Bombay blood group although rare is found to be more prevalent in the Western and Southern states of India, believed to be associated with consanguineous marriage.