Association of ABO blood group with COVID-19 severity, acute phase reactants and mortality

Uzma Ishaq; Asmara Malik; Jahanzeb Malik; Asad Mehmood; Azhar Qureshi; Talha Laique; Syed Muhammad Jawad Zaidi; Muhammad Javaid; Abdul Sattar Rana

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0261432

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Association of ABO blood group with COVID-19 severity, acute phase reactants and mortality

Uzma Ishaq,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Project administration, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Hematology, Foundation University Medical College, Islamabad, Pakistan
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Asmara Malik,

Roles Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Community Medicine, National University of Medical Sciences, Rawalpindi, Pakistan

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4175-7689

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Jahanzeb Malik ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: heartdoc86@gmail.com

Affiliations Department of Cardiology, Rawalpindi Institute of Cardiology, Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Department of Cardiology, Advanced Diagnostics and Liver Center, Rawalpindi, Pakistan

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9343-4187

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Asad Mehmood,

Roles Data curation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Rawalpindi Institute of Cardiology, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
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Azhar Qureshi,

Roles Data curation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Armed Forces Institute of Cardiology, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
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Talha Laique,

Roles Data curation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Allama Iqbal Medical College, Lahore, Pakistan
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Syed Muhammad Jawad Zaidi,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Rawalpindi Medical University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
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Muhammad Javaid,

Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Rawalpindi Institute of Cardiology, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
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Abdul Sattar Rana

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology

Affiliations Department of Cardiology, Rawalpindi Institute of Cardiology, Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Department of Cardiology, Advanced Diagnostics and Liver Center, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
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Association of ABO blood group with COVID-19 severity, acute phase reactants and mortality

Uzma Ishaq,
Asmara Malik,
Jahanzeb Malik,
Asad Mehmood,
Azhar Qureshi,
Talha Laique,
Syed Muhammad Jawad Zaidi,
Muhammad Javaid,
Abdul Sattar Rana

Published: December 14, 2021
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0261432

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