Association of ABO blood groups with allergic diseases: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The objective of this study was to map evidence of the association of ABO blood groups with allergic diseases such as allergic rhinitis (AR), atopic dermatitis (AD) and asthma.

Design

A scoping review.

Data sources

PubMed, Scopus, Direct Open Access Journal, Medline, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, ScienceDirect and SpringerLink were searched from October 2017 until May 2018.

Eligibility criteria for selecting studies

We selected all types of studies including case-control studies, prospective or retrospective cohort studies, cross-sectional studies and experimental studies, and we included reviews such as literature reviews, systematic reviews with or without meta-analysis and scoping reviews that were published in English a

SUBMITTER: Dahalan NH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7045263 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature