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. 1965 Mar 13;92(11):551–554.

Blood Types in Relation to Depressions and Schizophrenia

A Preliminary Report

Donald G Irvine, Hero Miyashita
PMCID: PMC1928200  PMID: 14306582

Abstract

The distribution of the ABO, A1, D, E, C, and Kell blood types in relation to selected psychiatric diagnoses was studied in over 700 consecutive admissions to a provincial mental hospital. Predicted relationships based upon recent work in other laboratories were supported by consistent trends approaching statistical significance. In addition, blood group O was found to be significantly associated with involutional melancholia.

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