The Distribution of ABO and Rh Blood Groups in a Sample of Pregnant Women in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia PDF

Keywords

blood group, pregnant women, Saudi Arabia

Abstract

The ABO and Rh (D) blood group systems of a very large number of homogenous pregnant women from the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia have been determined by tests on both red cells and serum. High frequency of group O blood was observed in the sample population (45.3%). Rh (D) negativity was found to be rare in these areas, (1.9%).