Technical Monograph No. 2: The AB0 Blood Group System and ABO Subgroups (PDF). Biotec, març 2005 [Consulta: 12 desembre 2010]. «... The frequency of blood group A is quite high (25-55%) in Europe, especially in Scandinavia and parts of central Europe. High group A frequency is also found in the Aborigines of South Australia (up to 45%) and in certain American Indian tribes where the frequency reaches 35% ...»Arxivat 2007-02-06 a Wayback Machine.
Arendrup, M; Hansen JE, Clausen H, Nielsen C, Mathiesen LR, Nielsen JO «Antibody to histo-blood group A antigen neutralizes HIV produced by lymphocytes from blood group A donors but not from blood group B or O donors». AIDS, 5, 4, abril 1991, pàg. 441–4. DOI: 10.1097/00002030-199104000-00014. PMID: 1711864.
Yazer M, Olsson M, Palcic M «The cis-AB blood group phenotype: fundamental lessons in glycobiology». Transfus Med Rev, 20, 3, 2006, pàg. 207–17. DOI: 10.1016/j.tmrv.2006.03.002. PMID: 16787828.
Seltsam A, Hallensleben M, Kollmann A, Blasczyk R «The nature of diversity and diversification at the AB0 locus». Blood, 102, 8, 2003, pàg. 3035–42. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2003-03-0955. PMID: 12829588.
Ogasawara K, Bannai M, Saitou N, et al. «Extensive polymorphism of ABO blood group gene: three major lineages of the alleles for the common ABO phenotypes». Human Genetics, 97, 6, 1996, pàg. 777–83. DOI: 10.1007/BF02346189. PMID: 8641696.
Sarode, R; Goldstein J, Sussman II, Nagel RL, Tsai HM «Role of A and B blood group antigens in the expression of adhesive activity of von Willebrand factor». Br J Haematol., 109, 4, June 2000, pàg. 857–64. DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.2000.02113.x. PMID: 10929042.
O'Donnell, J; Laffan MA «The relationship between ABO histo-blood group, factor VIII and von Willebrand factor». Transfus Med., 11, 4, August 2001, pàg. 343–51. DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3148.2001.00315.x. PMID: 11532189.
Shima, M; Fujimura Y, Nishiyama T et al. «ABO blood group genotype and plasma von Willebrand factor in normal individuals». Vox Sang, 68, 4, 1995, pàg. 236–40. DOI: 10.1111/j.1423-0410.1995.tb02579.x. PMID: 7660643.
Bowen, DJ; Collins PW, Lester W, et al. «The prevalence of the cysteine1584 variant of von Willebrand factor is increased in type 1 von Willebrand disease: co-segregation with increased susceptibility to ADAMTS13 proteolysis but not clinical phenotype». Br J Haematol. Blackwell Synergy, 128, 6, March 2005, pàg. 830–6. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2005.05375.x. PMID: 15755288.
Bongers T, de Maat M, van Goor M, et al. «High von Willebrand factor levels increase the risk of first ischemic stroke: influence of ADAMTS13, inflammation, and genetic variability». Stroke, 37, 11, 2006, pàg. 2672–7. DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000244767.39962.f7. PMID: 16990571.
Wolpin, BM; Kraft, P; Gross, M; Helzlsouer, K; Bueno-De-Mesquita, HB; Steplowski, E; Stolzenberg-Solomon, RZ; Arslan, AA; Jacobs, EJ «Pancreatic cancer risk and ABO blood group alleles: results from the pancreatic cancer cohort consortium.». Cancer research, 70, 3, 2010, pàg. 1015-23. DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-09-2993. PMC: 2943735. PMID: 20103627.
Amundadottir, L; Kraft, P; Stolzenberg-Solomon, RZ; Fuchs, CS; Petersen, GM; Arslan, AA; Bueno-De-Mesquita, HB; Gross, M; Helzlsouer, K «Genome-wide association study identifies variants in the ABO locus associated with susceptibility to pancreatic cancer.». Nature genetics, 41, 9, 2009, pàg. 986–90. DOI: 10.1038/ng.429. PMC: 2839871. PMID: 19648918.
Gates, MA; Wolpin, BM; Cramer, DW; Hankinson, SE; Tworoger, SS «ABO blood group and incidence of epithelial ovarian cancer.». International journal of cancer. Journal international du cancer, 128, 2010, pàg. n/a. DOI: 10.1002/ijc.25339. PMC: 2946962. PMID: 20309936.
Aird, I; Bentall, HH; Roberts, JA «A relationship between cancer of stomach and the ABO blood groups.». British medical journal, 1, 4814, 1953, pàg. 799–801. DOI: 10.1136/bmj.1.4814.799. PMC: 2015995. PMID: 13032504.
Blood Transfusion Division, United States Army Medical Research Laboratory. Selected contributions to the literature of blood groups and immunology. 1971 v. 4. United States Army Medical Research Laboratory, Fort Knox, Kentucky, 1971. «... In northern India, in Southern and Central China and in the neighboring Central Asiatic areas, we find the highest known frequencies of B. If we leave this center, the frequency of the B gene decreases almost everywhere ...»
Encyclopaedia Britannica. The New Encyclopaedia Britannica. Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc., 2002. ISBN 0852297874. «... The maximum frequency of the B gene occurs in Central Asia and northern India. The B gene was probably absent from American Indians and Australian Aborigines before racial admixture occurred with the coming of the white man ...»
Carol R. Ember, Melvin Ember. Anthropology. Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1973. «... Blood type B is completely absent in most North and South American Indians ...»
Crow J «Felix Bernstein and the first human marker locus». Genetics, 133, 1, 1993, pàg. 4–7. PMC: 1205297. PMID: 8417988.
Arendrup, M; Hansen JE, Clausen H, Nielsen C, Mathiesen LR, Nielsen JO «Antibody to histo-blood group A antigen neutralizes HIV produced by lymphocytes from blood group A donors but not from blood group B or O donors». AIDS, 5, 4, abril 1991, pàg. 441–4. DOI: 10.1097/00002030-199104000-00014. PMID: 1711864.
Yazer M, Olsson M, Palcic M «The cis-AB blood group phenotype: fundamental lessons in glycobiology». Transfus Med Rev, 20, 3, 2006, pàg. 207–17. DOI: 10.1016/j.tmrv.2006.03.002. PMID: 16787828.
Seltsam A, Hallensleben M, Kollmann A, Blasczyk R «The nature of diversity and diversification at the AB0 locus». Blood, 102, 8, 2003, pàg. 3035–42. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2003-03-0955. PMID: 12829588.
Ogasawara K, Bannai M, Saitou N, et al. «Extensive polymorphism of ABO blood group gene: three major lineages of the alleles for the common ABO phenotypes». Human Genetics, 97, 6, 1996, pàg. 777–83. DOI: 10.1007/BF02346189. PMID: 8641696.
Laura Dean, MD. Blood Groups an Red Cell Antigens. National Center for Biotechnology Information, United States Government, 2005. ISBN 1932811052. «... Type A is common in Central and Eastern Europe. In countries such as Austria, Denmark, Norway, and Switzerland, about 45-50% of the population have this blood type, whereas about 40% of Poles and Ukrainians do so. The highest frequencies are found in small, unrelated populations. For example, about 80% of the Blackfoot Indians of Montana have blood type A ...»
Sarode, R; Goldstein J, Sussman II, Nagel RL, Tsai HM «Role of A and B blood group antigens in the expression of adhesive activity of von Willebrand factor». Br J Haematol., 109, 4, June 2000, pàg. 857–64. DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.2000.02113.x. PMID: 10929042.
O'Donnell, J; Laffan MA «The relationship between ABO histo-blood group, factor VIII and von Willebrand factor». Transfus Med., 11, 4, August 2001, pàg. 343–51. DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3148.2001.00315.x. PMID: 11532189.
Shima, M; Fujimura Y, Nishiyama T et al. «ABO blood group genotype and plasma von Willebrand factor in normal individuals». Vox Sang, 68, 4, 1995, pàg. 236–40. DOI: 10.1111/j.1423-0410.1995.tb02579.x. PMID: 7660643.
Bowen, DJ; Collins PW, Lester W, et al. «The prevalence of the cysteine1584 variant of von Willebrand factor is increased in type 1 von Willebrand disease: co-segregation with increased susceptibility to ADAMTS13 proteolysis but not clinical phenotype». Br J Haematol. Blackwell Synergy, 128, 6, March 2005, pàg. 830–6. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2005.05375.x. PMID: 15755288.
Bongers T, de Maat M, van Goor M, et al. «High von Willebrand factor levels increase the risk of first ischemic stroke: influence of ADAMTS13, inflammation, and genetic variability». Stroke, 37, 11, 2006, pàg. 2672–7. DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000244767.39962.f7. PMID: 16990571.
Wolpin, BM; Kraft, P; Gross, M; Helzlsouer, K; Bueno-De-Mesquita, HB; Steplowski, E; Stolzenberg-Solomon, RZ; Arslan, AA; Jacobs, EJ «Pancreatic cancer risk and ABO blood group alleles: results from the pancreatic cancer cohort consortium.». Cancer research, 70, 3, 2010, pàg. 1015-23. DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-09-2993. PMC: 2943735. PMID: 20103627.
Amundadottir, L; Kraft, P; Stolzenberg-Solomon, RZ; Fuchs, CS; Petersen, GM; Arslan, AA; Bueno-De-Mesquita, HB; Gross, M; Helzlsouer, K «Genome-wide association study identifies variants in the ABO locus associated with susceptibility to pancreatic cancer.». Nature genetics, 41, 9, 2009, pàg. 986–90. DOI: 10.1038/ng.429. PMC: 2839871. PMID: 19648918.
Gates, MA; Wolpin, BM; Cramer, DW; Hankinson, SE; Tworoger, SS «ABO blood group and incidence of epithelial ovarian cancer.». International journal of cancer. Journal international du cancer, 128, 2010, pàg. n/a. DOI: 10.1002/ijc.25339. PMC: 2946962. PMID: 20309936.
Aird, I; Bentall, HH; Roberts, JA «A relationship between cancer of stomach and the ABO blood groups.». British medical journal, 1, 4814, 1953, pàg. 799–801. DOI: 10.1136/bmj.1.4814.799. PMC: 2015995. PMID: 13032504.
Technical Monograph No. 2: The AB0 Blood Group System and ABO Subgroups (PDF). Biotec, març 2005 [Consulta: 12 desembre 2010]. «... The frequency of blood group A is quite high (25-55%) in Europe, especially in Scandinavia and parts of central Europe. High group A frequency is also found in the Aborigines of South Australia (up to 45%) and in certain American Indian tribes where the frequency reaches 35% ...»Arxivat 2007-02-06 a Wayback Machine.