We studied the ABH secretor status using Lewis blood type and saliva test in 85 patients who underwent septoplasty or intranasal ethmoidectomy.
@ES The results were as follows:
@EN 1) The number of A, B, AB, and O blood type was 30, 24 12, and 19 respectively.
2) The frequency of Lewis phenotype(a-b+), Lewis(a+b-) and Lewis(a-b-) red cell phenotypes were 64.7%, 15.3% and 20.0% respectively.
3) Secretor was 76.5% and non-secretor was 23.5%. It is known that there are some organs which is influenced by the sceretor status of the donor tissue.
So further study is required to investigate the influence of the secretor status on the expression of blood group-specific antigens in human nasal mucosa.
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