Association of ABO blood grouping with recurrent aphthous stomatitis

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate Association of ABO blood grouping in patients with recurrent aphthous stomatitis referring to Oral Medicine department of Tabriz Dental Faculty. In this cross sectional study blood group (ABO) of 75 patients with recurrent aphthous stomatitis was determined and the data obtained from the study were analyzed by using descriptive statistics (frequency-percent). The software used for statistical analysis was SPSS 17. 31 patients (41.3%) with RAS had blood group A, 21 patients (28%) had blood group B, 3 (4%) had blood group AB and 20 patients (26.6%) had blood group O. The frequency of A blood group was highest among patients with RAS and AB blood group was lowest. The ABO blood group system is very important in organ transplantation, blood transfusion and in other cases such as determination of the immunologic characteristics of the body, in relation to various diseases, cancers etc. we can use this property for diagnosis of diseases. é 2017 Oriental Scientific Publishing Company.